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Re:To make programming easier, first be conscious of what ma... by civilized on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:21PM (#28174698)
What is airtable capable of these days? Last I checked, years ago, it was mainly an easy way to build and maintain a database.

To be fair, though, a lot of apps are just a database with a CRUD UI

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Re:To make programming easier, first be conscious of what ma... by jamii on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:30PM (#28174794)
A shared database with permissions and forms covers most of the task in the article. Airtable also now has an event/workflow system and a ton of integrations and plugins for doing stuff like sending email.

https://www.airtable.com/product/views https://www.airtable.com/product/automations https://www.airtable.com/integrations

It's getting to the point where it can handle most of the internal software needs of a small-medium company and also has a ton of javascript hooks for covering that last 20%.

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