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Your Excel setup is slowing down your workbook—here's how to fix it

Ditching volatile formulas, using Power Query, and switching to binary formats can make bloated Excel workbooks feel fast ...
Ars Technica

New Codex features include the ability to use your computer in the background

A new version of OpenAI’s Codex desktop app reaches users today. It brings a smorgasbord of new features and changes, ranging from new developer capabilities to expansion into non-developer knowledge ...
marktechpost

An Implementation Guide to Building a DuckDB-Python Analytics Pipeline with SQL, DataFrames, Parquet, UDFs, and Performance Profiling

In this tutorial, we build a comprehensive, hands-on understanding of DuckDB-Python by working through its features directly in code on Colab. We start with the fundamentals of connection management ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Get Started Using .NET Aspire with SQL Server & Azure SQL Database

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...
IEEE

Natural Language to SQL Queries Using LLM Models

Abstract: The increasing reliance on data-driven decision making has made database interaction a critical component in many domains. However, writing Structured Query Language (SQL) queries requires ...
GitHub

wareflowx/excel-to-sql

Excel to SQLite simplifies the process of importing Excel data into SQLite databases. It provides automatic schema detection, data transformations, validation rules, and includes an intelligent ...
IEEE

SQL Injection in LLM-Generated Queries: Systematic Analysis of Detection Gaps and Security Risks

Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are being woven into software systems at a remarkable pace. When these systems include a back-end database, LLM integration opens new attack surfaces for SQL ...
InfoWorld

Google tests BigQuery feature to generate SQL queries from English

The ability to write parts of SQL queries in natural language will help developers speed up their work, analysts say. Google is previewing a new AI-driven feature in its BigQuery data warehouse that ...
JournalofAccountancy

How CPAs can use exponential smoothing in Excel for better forecasts

Q. I use Excel to do traditional linear forecasting, but I would like to upgrade to exponential smoothing for more accurate forecasts. Is there a way to do this in Excel? A. Accurate forecasting is ...
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Budget-Friendly Spring Decor Refresh Using Thrifted Finds

Interior designer MaCenna Lee refreshes her home for spring using thrifted finds for budget-friendly decor. Government shutdown: Republicans consider escape hatch as Congress careens toward deadline ...
SiliconANGLE

Resetting GPU depreciation: Why AI factories bend, but don’t break, useful life assumptions

Much attention has been focused in the news on the useful life of graphics processing units, the dominant chips for artificial intelligence. Though the pervasive narrative suggests GPUs have a short ...