Jeff ForcierSep 1, 2025

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…)

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 Forcier
@sivy neat!
Sep 4, 2025 at 11:37pmWeb