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		bombcar on Nov 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Grist is a modern, relational spreadsheet It 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 on Nov 4, 2023 [–]

Definitely 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...

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