This is why the west is dying. Instead of creating value, many are simply trying to cut. Nothing grows by cutting, you actually have less. This is why costs of chewing gum to housing is going uo, soo many parasites like this and so little who create new value.
Really enjoyed using Airtable over the years. It helped kickstart loooooads of cool projects.
Shame that they never really did anything with their billions in funding. Interfaces were underwhelming, and I would've been embarrassed to release Omni to the public quite frankly.
The writing's been on the wall for a while. I practically rebuilt and improved it for myself using Claude and won't be looking back.
Edit: I think Federico Simionato is particularly bad at product design.
Shame that they never really did anything with their billions in funding. Interfaces were underwhelming, and I would've been embarrassed to release Omni to the public quite frankly.
The writing's been on the wall for a while. I practically rebuilt and improved it for myself using Claude and won't be looking back.
Airtable hides a recap in plain sight - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49173507 - August 2026 (0 comments)
Bending Spoons buying Airtable for $2.2B - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49168838 - August 2026 (4 comments)
Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3B Airtable deal - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49166182 - August 2026 (118 comments)