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The government doesn't use SQL (programming.dev)
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According to many comments, the US government DOES use SQL, and Musk is not understanding much what's going on.

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[–] Covenant@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 hours ago

The amount of data, sql is designed to manage large datasets, millions of rows. Excel has its limits.