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A complete, honest guide to using Google Sheets as a database - what it's actually good for, how to set it up correctly, and when to switch to something else.
r/webdev and r/learnprogramming regularly debate whether Google Sheets is a legitimate database. The real answer depends on what you're building - here's the honest breakdown.
An honest comparison of Google Sheets and relational databases for storing app data - and the right use cases for each.
Google Sheets has a 10-million-cell limit. Here's what that means in practice, and when you'll hit it.
Before you build on a spreadsheet, understand where it breaks: concurrency, joins, type safety and scale. An honest look at which workloads a Google Sheet handles well and which ones will hurt you.