My spreadsheet-to-Markdown API taught me that 'the table' is a social construct — cells have opinions

Dev.to•Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 07:05 PM•2 min read

I built the XLSX-to-Markdown converter expecting a spreadsheet to be a grid. Rows and columns. A nice Markdown table, maybe a JSON array beside it, done.

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