> The article is an excellent example of how something that seems easy and common-place ("show tabular data in a table") requires a lot of work to make it really good.

One thing they don't mention, is exporting. Anytime you're dealing with tabular data, you really need an "export to excel" button. You'll never be able to do all the slicing, filtering, and sorting that excel can do. By all means, add it into your app and hopefully over time your users won't need it, but at the start, it's vital.