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   Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 08:31:55 JST Matthew Lyon

   Do you make tools for working with CSV files? Have you ever dealt with CSV files as produced by people who use them for things other than columnar data?

   anyway the csv I downloaded from the payroll company I use to pay myself would like to have a word with you

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     Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 08:38:23 JST Matthew Lyon

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     • Pseudo Nym

     @pseudonym I needed the llol, thanks

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     Pseudo Nym (pseudonym@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 08:38:24 JST Pseudo Nym

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     @mattly

     I prefer Oxford Comma Separated Values.

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     Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 08:41:27 JST Matthew Lyon

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     this file, it's like; every other row is headers for the row that follows, as if each row is its own separate sub-file

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     Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 08:43:19 JST Matthew Lyon

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     falsehoods programmers believe about CSV files

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     Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 18:37:17 JST Matthew Lyon

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     • Jan Lehnardt :couchdb:

     @janl Lies, Damned Lies, and Comma Separated Values

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     Jan Lehnardt :couchdb: (janl@narrativ.es)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 18:37:18 JST Jan Lehnardt :couchdb:

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     @mattly I’ll start by swinging out of the gate by noting that C in that acronym is a filthy lie.