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Grist is more like Airtable, a spreadsheet/database hybrid. Regular spreadsheets give you a number of independently configured cells, which gives you maximum f
by asqueella 3y ago
Grist is more like Airtable, a spreadsheet/database hybrid.
Regular spreadsheets give you a number of independently configured cells, which gives you maximum flexibility, but becomes inconvenient when you want tables instead: have a fixed structure, enforce column types and validations, implement row-level access control, or join them together.
You can say it’s a type of no-code tool, enabling you to build a CRUD app with a spreadsheet-like interface. Their website even features demos like “lightweight CRM” and “class enrollment”.
- SoftTalker 3y ago> You can say it’s a type of no-code tool, enabling you to build a CRUD app with a spreadsheet-like interface. Sounds like Microsoft Access
- ibejoeb 3y agoAccess was an amazing product. It was quick to a hit a performance wall, but damn it was amazing for business applications. Imagine replacing its rdbms engine with sqlite...
- bombcar 3y agoIt really was and really is something that we're missing, the "next step up from Excel". Since code is too hard, most people just abuse Excel, but Access was truly a "no code" solution for many database problems.
- throwaway290 3y agoDefinitely not "was", current version of Access seems to have came out just last month. Meanwhile Airtable doesn't publish release dates but we know the same month it laid off like 30% of employees. It looks like one of them is surely doing OK...