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kccqzytoday at 2:49 PM0 repliesview on HN

When you add sufficient rules to spreadsheets to make them more well-behaved, they just become UIs for SQL tables stored in a SQL database. Instead of autofilling formulas they just become generated columns. Pivot tables are views or materialized views with GROUP BY.

Unfortunately I’ve never found a SQL UI tool that optimizes for fast data entry in interactive use. Most UI don’t even allow the use of arrow keys to move between cells.