Jeff Forcier

Experimenting with #Obsidian's new Bases feature vs my existing #DataView setup.

Haven't dug yet to see how much I can torture Bases into being as capable as DataView, but so far it meets my expectations: yea it gets about 80-90% of the way there (VERY EXCITING!) but I'll have to think real hard about how to tackle that missing 10-20% when it pops up.

(eg, lack of dynamic sort function will be a bit of a problem, tho TBF that's also a problem in Airtable…)

Sep 1, 2025 at 3:55pmWeb
Show threadRandom GeekSep 1, 2025
@bitprophet I've got a strong hunch that they'll incorporate dynamic sort into Bases at some point.
Show threadJeff ForcierSep 1, 2025
@randomgeek for sure, I don't for a second believe it's now 100% done and encased in amber, ha!
Show threadMonospace MentorSep 1, 2025
@bitprophet AFAICS, Bases and DataView can coexist nicely. I'm happy to see more database functionality moving into core, TBH. It creates more confidence that the effort of setting up all this metadata will be worthwhile in the long run.
Show threadJeff ForcierSep 1, 2025

@monospace absolutely 💯, I'm excited to have a serious data/query/table setup in core now & will almost certainly be moving as much as I can into it.

I'm also now glad I kept putting off my planned mass export from Airtable into DataView 'cuz now I can do that into Bases instead 😂

(again sans those 10-20% cases where, yea, I'll probably suck it up and continue using DataView for the interim.)

Show threadSteve has ☕️ for brainsSep 4, 2025
@bitprophet curious what you are using Airtable for?
Show threadJeff ForcierSep 4, 2025
@sivy without going into too much detail,
Show threadSteve has ☕️ for brainsSep 4, 2025
@bitprophet if you’re ever interested in dumping that data to something local for further fun, hit me up I made a thing
Show threadJeff ForcierSep 4, 2025
@sivy I’ve been backing my data up via their api for a while, does your thing do more?
Show threadSteve has ☕️ for brainsSep 4, 2025
@bitprophet dump airtable tables to duckdb, with field → column mappings
Show threadJeff ForcierSep 4, 2025
@sivy neat!
Show threadSteve has ☕️ for brainsSep 4, 2025
@bitprophet not fancy but https://github.com/sivy/airtable-db-export
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