Artisanal software sale

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 28, 2021 at 03:13 PM

So well said, Alexander!

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
What follows can be considered a brief ode to artisanal software, so in
>topic :)
> >I think I bought Easy Data Transform briefly after it came out. I used
>it for one particular thing which would have taken me hours to do
>otherwise, so it paid for itself straight away.
> >Since then I have used it no more than a few times, but each time it is
>the same: I need some data manipulation, I think that perhaps EDT will
>do it, and then find that it does.
> >(I remember years ago Steve Z. writing something similar about Zoot.)
> >On one occasion it didn’t (concatenate rows) so I thought of writing to
>Andy to consider adding it. By the time I got round to this particular
>to-do, version 1.18 was out and, of course, it had that function too:
>https://www.easydatatransform.com/easydatatransform_v180.html
> >This ethic of constant improvement is characteristic of what I can only
>call a craftmanship attitude, going far beyond corporate kaizen.
> >I am certain that Mark Bernstein has chosen well other participants to
>this sale. It’s one of the few times that I wish I had a Mac.
> >The following video on the value of craft may be of interest to others
>who think alike:
>https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2019/02/new-documentary-the-future-is-handmade-reflects-on-the-values-of-craftsmanship
> >
>Amontillado wrote:
>>Anyway, I hate to gush, but Easy Data Transform is really cool. IBM
>>InfoSphere would do the trick, too, but I don’t know how I could hide
>>the $2,500/month subscription from my wife. Altair has a nice solution,
>>too, but at $2,000/year it would still leave a mark on my wife’s pesky
>>spreadsheets.
>>
>>Given the price of other solutions, I owe you an apology for buying
>Easy
>>Data Transform at the SummerFest pricing. Really crass of me, but, see
>>above, my wife’s spreadsheets are a force.
>