The Lasting Appeal of CSV and Modern Analytics

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This chapter explores why CSV files remain a popular choice for data storage despite their drawbacks, focusing on their simplicity, widespread use, and compatibility with various tools. It also introduces a command-line tool for querying server logs and teases future podcast guests.

The latest Stack Overflow Developer Survey has some concerning results, Joeri Sebrechts helps you do plain vanilla web dev, MIT’s “missing semester” course looks pretty amazing, a dive into the fascinating history of CSV & a tool to get request analytics from the nginx access logs.

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