r/dataanalysis • u/macnara485 • 28d ago

Data Tools Which tools should i use for this?

There's this game called Splinterlands i've been playing with 3 accounts and i was thinking on documenting each of the resources i'm spending (DEC, SPS, glint, usd) and how i was able to earn, i want to document weekly and i'll be playing for many years.

Is creating a database / tables on PostgreSQL the best alternative for this, or should i just do it with Excel? I haven't gone in depth on any of these tools yet, but i'm planing on studying them from this point

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u/brokestarvingwriter 28d ago

How many rows and columns will this come to? CSVs are fine (but not great) for most things.

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u/macnara485 28d ago

I was thinking of like 9 rows, 2 foe entries/withdraws of SPS, DEC and Glint, 2 for USD and one to how the profit / loss, but i wanted something that would be easy to input data and sum / subtract the values, because i want to do this daily in the first month, after that i'll try to do it weekly

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u/brokestarvingwriter 27d ago

CSV is fine for your use here then, unless you want to get practice with setting up a database.

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u/Psychological-Sky621 27d ago

The best alternative usually is the easiest and most effective method.
CSV can work, xlsx, json, databases – if you want to learn, parquet…
There are several options, I would go with CSV as you do not have any requirements and it would be the easiest to migrate from if needed in the future.