In Defense of CSV: Why the Simple Text Format Remains Relevant and Valuable
By
jordigh
Looks the part, but the middle's still raw. Chew with caution.
Summary
The article is a passionate defense of the CSV (Comma-Separated Values) format, arguing against claims that it's obsolete. It highlights CSV's simplicity, open nature as a collective idea without formal ownership, text-based format that's human-readable and editable, and universal accessibility without requiring specialized software.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledCSV is dead simple
No one owns CSV. It has no real specification, just a set of rules everyone kinda agrees to respect implicitly
CSV is just plain text, that you are free to encode however you like
CSV is not a binary format, can be opened with any text editor and does not require any specialized program to be read
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