A Drag-and-Drop Way I Built to Clean Messy Spreadsheets
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i had a pile of csvs with missing values, duplicate rows, and different column formats. sql worked but felt heavy, and pandas scripts got messy fast. so i tried making a flow where each cleaning or join step is just a node you drag and connect. ended up using it to prep data for side projects. curious if others have solved this pain in simpler ways.
The author built a drag-and-drop tool to clean messy spreadsheets and is sharing their experience.
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vinserelloAuthor
4 months ago
If you want to play with it, it's free: https://datastripes.com
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