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To be fair, there are no good, accessible database tools around for your average non programmer user.

Access tried to be this a decade ago, until MS started to let it die. So now, your only option is basically Excel. There's a reason it's the main thing people gravitate into.



> Access tried to be this a decade ago

three decades ago :)


Claris FileMaker was that tool. Easy to understand and provided clear separation between data and the rest. Bundled with Mac OS so everyone used it. It is now an expensive enclave.


For really simple databases, I've had limited success getting people to use a UI in front of SQLite:

https://sqlitebrowser.org/




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