Written by a team that also
runs its lists in a spreadsheet.
Methods, field notes and honest comparisons for organising your business data without spending your Fridays on it.
Google Sheets
5 min
Using Google Sheets as a database: the six limits you eventually hit
Six structural limits, from the type nothing enforces to the join no formula guarantees. Plus the cases where you should keep your sheet.
Martin Riedweg · 29 July 2026
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Google Sheets
5 min
Google Sheets or a database: how to choose in four questions
A spreadsheet calculates, a database guarantees. Four questions to tell which side you are on, and what you would give up by moving.
Martin Riedweg · 29 July 2026
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Google Sheets
5 min
Several people editing the same Google Sheet: how to stop overwrites
The last write wins, silently. What Sheets really protects, the four conventions that hold, and the day they stop holding.
Martin Riedweg · 29 July 2026
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Google Sheets
4 min
How many rows before a Google Sheet gets slow?
Row count predicts nothing. The five real causes, a four-minute diagnosis, and seven fixes ranked by what they actually buy you.
Martin Riedweg · 29 July 2026
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Google Sheets
5 min
Send data to a Google Sheet automatically (without Zapier)
An Apps Script webhook, the Sheets API directly, or a tool that writes natively. Code for all three, and why the paid connector is surplus.
Martin Riedweg · 29 July 2026
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Google Sheets
5 min
Replacing Google Forms and Sheets with a real form
Columns that move, answers you cannot edit, no access control. The real test: is the response an event or a record?
Martin Riedweg · 29 July 2026
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