Gears of Resistance

Gears of Resistance

Bytes, Bolts & Volts

DATABENCH

A straightforward workbench for turning messy spreadsheets into beautiful dashboards

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mbparks
Jun 29, 2026
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There is a certain kind of spreadsheet that arrives already apologizing for itself. It was exported from something, or emailed by somebody, or saved as `FINAL_final_v3_reallyfinal.xlsx` in a folder called `New Folder 2`. It has three columns that mean the same thing, one date field that is secretly text, a column called `Amount` that may or may not be d…

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