Initiator Creator - Issue #141 - ( Read in browser )

By Saurabh Y. // 5 May 2024

This Week's Notes:
Airtable View is the New Standard

To be honest, before Airtable came along, working with spreadsheets was dull, pale, and uninspiring. They were just rows and columns of boring data. But Airtable shook things up by making tabular data interactive, easy to use, and visually appealing.

Airtable's emergence has transformed the relational database scenery, setting a new industry standard on how the table needs to work and be viewed. It's the new go-to for managing tabular data.

Its style become a new industry standard which is why you can find at least one tool for every type of database whose sole purpose is to make your relational database look like Airtable.

For example,

Plato for relational databases
NocoDB for Postgres and MySQL
Teable for Postgres and it is open-source also

and there are many more. Literally, I'm seeing one new tool every few weeks.

But now it is not just about the look anymore. Along Airtable, many tools like Quicktable, Budibase, Seatable, Baserow, etc are taking it further by making no-code platforms to simplify the process of creating internal tools and MVPs.

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Everything you need to know about project estimates: the pros and cons of each estimation technique, what to know before creating an estimate

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Key questions to ask. A recommended approach. An editable template of the Startup Canvas to download.

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Community Submissions

If you like to share a project or article with the rest of the readers then please DM me at @ICforpreneurs or hit reply

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