Swapped manual data entry for AI scraping and cut my weekly review time from 8 hours to 45 minutes.

I used to copy and paste supplier pricing from 12 different Excel sheets into one master file every Wednesday. That took me pretty much a full workday. I started using a Python script with an AI parser back in February to grab and clean the data automatically. Has anyone else found a specific tool that works better for merging messy spreadsheet formats?

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casey2681d ago

Well I'll be, that's some serious time savings right there.

kai8391d ago

Man that whole "time you lose fixing mistakes from rushing through the fast part" is honestly the story of my life. I notice it everywhere now, not just in spreadsheets or coding. Like you ever try to speed clean a room and then have to redo half of it because you missed spots? Same exact thing. The rush always costs you double the time later. It's wild how that pattern shows up in basically everything we do.

river_thompson1d ago

Two years ago I timed my old workflow against this exact method and the savings were closer to 40% not 60%. Your mileage may vary depending on how much cleanup your raw data needs before you can even start. The real unsung factor is the time you lose fixing mistakes from rushing through the fast part.