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   by howsta 12y ago

   The bet also serves as an interesting hedge for anyone whose net worth is already heavily correlated with the success of the tech sector (which certainly includes VCs). 100k is not enough to really matter to a GP at a 500MM fund, especially
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   With $3M In Funding, Airtable Makes Complex Databases Usable On Your Phone(techcrunch.com)

   21 points by howsta 12y ago|0 comments
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   by howsta 12y ago

   It's on our short term roadmap along with a lot of other major improvements planned for the mobile app. Totally agree the experience would be greatly improved if it handled reopening the app better!
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   by howsta 12y ago

   Hi, yes--we definitely want to get a dev blog up and start talking about some of this stuff! Re: conflicts, in the case of a scalar value, last in wins, and the system (if you consider the server and each client as nodes in a distributed sy
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   by howsta 12y ago

   Thanks! Re: data sync, see this comment thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8374364 Re: UI, see here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8374446
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   by howsta 12y ago

   Thanks! Yes, it's definitely on the roadmap. We will support certain types of integrations/automations natively, and also plug in to Zapier/IFTTT for others
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   by howsta 12y ago

   Thanks for the feedback. We'll find a way to make the foreign table creation at 1:59 more intuitive. Re: the auto cross out, one thing you can do is add a filter that filters by "Completed?" = unchecked, which will make each
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   by howsta 12y ago

   Thanks! Will do. Been using Zapier personally for some misc personal workflow (receipts=>evernote=>email to our accountant). Love it!
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   by howsta 12y ago

   Thanks for the feedback! Good points - will add these to our queue for features
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    by howsta 12y ago

    Thanks for letting us know, will look into it now
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    by howsta 12y ago

    Hi, good point--we have a template gallery that shows the "why" use cases https://airtable.com/templates And also are building out a few dedicated pages for the most common use cases like the job applicant trackin
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    by howsta 12y ago

    Hi, yes it is, sorry for confusion! It's fixed now on https://airtable.com/pricing
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    by howsta 12y ago

    Thanks! We use node on the backend, and have our own realtime database engine that supports relational data, and out-of-order undo. We also have a custom frontend framework that consumes the realtime changes pushed from all other clients. S
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    by howsta 12y ago

    We have a custom frontend framework that supports realtime data synchronization. We use some pieces of other frameworks, like Backbone's routing and events library. Andrew Ofstad (@aofstad) is our design lead, and created the aesthet
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    by howsta 12y ago

    First off, we're huge fans of both Meteor and Asana. I spoke with Geoff @ Meteor a couple years ago when we were first starting to build out the Airtable product and was very impressed by their approach and vision. We've closely
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    by howsta 12y ago

    Couldn't find your email listed (PS your site ashkenas.com seems to be down right now). Can you email me at howie @ airtable.com?
17. 47.▲
    by howsta 12y ago

    You can reach me at howie @ airtable.com It's fixed now if you try again
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    by howsta 12y ago

    We're going to release an API in the near future ( https://airtable.com/api ), but that would be used for server-side integrations (ie you must deploy your own server to host your own code talk to Airtable's serve
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    by howsta 12y ago

    Hi Kolev! We do have plans to release an API (by end of this year or early next). If you're interested in getting early access and providing feedback on the features you would need, please fill out this form: https://getfo
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    by howsta 12y ago

    Hi, the biggest differences between us and Bento/Filemaker/MSAccess (and even older products like Ashton Tate's dBase, Lotus Approach, etc) are: 1) Airtable is seamlessly realtime and instantly shareable with collaborators (w
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    by howsta 12y ago

    If you click through the link in this HN post ( https://airtable.com/invite/a3sz9t7b ) it has an invite code embedded in the URL. Once you're signed in, if you visit airtable.com/templates you will be able to
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    by howsta 12y ago

    Thanks very much! Re: API, yes absolutely. Our web and mobile apps already use an internal API that uses RESTful JSON routes for reading tables, updating rows, etc. If you want to chat more about it or discuss the specifics of what you n
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    by howsta 12y ago

    Thanks for checking it out! Yes, an Android app is on the roadmap for the near future. Thanks for the heads up, will fix the typo in the next deploy. If you want some inspiration for uses cases, we do have a template gallery here: https:
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    by howsta 12y ago

    FYI, we require that you oauth in via a Google account purely for authentication right now. We don't request permissions for your email, calendar, contacts, or other data--only your name, email, and profile picture (which is used in t
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    Show HN: Airtable, a real-time spreadsheet-database hybrid(airtable.com)

    361 points by howsta 12y ago|125 comments
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    Vegetable Peelers, Door Knobs, and Optimizely(blog.statwing.com)

    7 points by howsta 13y ago|0 comments
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    by howsta 15y ago

    Amen to that. The power of Node is this language style already makes tons of sense to experienced front-end developers who deal with async flow for everything they do.
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    by howsta 15y ago

    lol I was afraid I had just clicked on a hentai link at first.
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    by howsta 16y ago

    Hey swombat (super-wombat?) You can set reminders on any of your contacts in our interface (in fact, you can sort by days since contact to find people that you've lost touch with). It also includes people you used to email a lot but have fo
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    by howsta 16y ago

    Just curious, why do you use Apple Mail instead of Gmail (with offline) or even Mailplane?