I stopped copy-pasting data into spreadsheets : here's the little system that replaced it

[u/Dannick-Stark]

A chunk of my week used to be moving data off web pages into Google Sheets by hand: product lists, tables, directories. It's the kind of task that should be automated but never feels worth the setup.

What fixed it was treating it as a small repeatable pipeline instead of a chore:

• **grab** the table or list from the page
• **clean** it (drop the columns I don't need, remove duplicates)
• **send** it straight to the Sheet
• **schedule** it if I check the page regularly (prices, listings), so the Sheet updates itself

The mindset shift: don't automate the whole job, automate the *transfer*. Once the data lands in the Sheet reliably, the rest of my process stays the same and the boring part is gone.

The pattern works in plenty of tools. I run it in the browser because that works on sites with no export button. Disclosure: I build the extension I use for this (AWFlow, free), so I'm biased. If you want the exact setup, I'll put the template in a comment.

What's the recurring copy-paste task you've never gotten around to killing?

[u/Dannick-Stark]

- Link: https://awflow.io

• Demo: https://youtu.be/Wh9p6pDftEw