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Maybe in an idiot, but reading this whole thing, I'm trying to figure out what 'an AirTable' is and why someone would sell access to one.

Is it like a FileMaker database in the cloud? Serious question, since I've seen it mentioned infrequently and it sounds like it could be something neat, or just over hyped marketing like NoSQL was at first.

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https://airtable.com/

Think of a smartsheet or other beefed up cloud spreadsheet.

It’s actually pretty decent

Airtable is Google Sheets on steroids. The benefit of using airtable is that you can present a locked preview of the product, so the "view" is visible to everyone you share it with / or if you embed on the site like I did.

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