Spreadsheets

Excel and Google Sheets as they are actually used: files made for people to read, and what it takes to analyze them without cleaning them up first.

Spreadsheets September 22, 2026 3 min read

Messy Spreadsheets Aren't Bad Data. They're Business Data.

Merged headers, subtotal rows, three tables on one sheet, a column that is text in one month and numbers in the next. Data teams call it dirty. It is the shape business information actually takes, and the tools should meet it there.