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My spreadsheet-to-Markdown API taught me that 'the table' is a social construct — cells have opinions

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I built the XLSX-to-Markdown converter expecting a spreadsheet to be a grid. Rows and columns. A nice Markdown table, maybe a JSON array beside it, done. That mental model lasted about three real-world workbooks. The first breakage: a financial model with a title row merged across A1:F1, a units ro…

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  1. 2026-10-17 19:05 · DEV Community — AI
    My spreadsheet-to-Markdown API taught me that 'the table' is a social construct — cells have opinions

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