A lot of what I do is taking data from one source(ie an HTML table) and throwing...

breck on Dec 20, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: IDE versus Text Editor?

A lot of what I do is taking data from one source(ie an HTML table) and throwing it into a database. Sometimes cutting/pasting into excel, then quickly formatting it, is easier than writing a regex to get it done.