Intro

Hi Amie!

I took some grad level programing which included SQL and a class on Relational Databases a decade or so ago! So, I got voluntold. It took me two months to figure out how I was going to migrate everything and to where - mostly to where.

I was so excited when I found Airtable. I did some teaching in the public school system and saw how they use a form a SQL to teach kids doing robotics in elementary. The automations are the exactly the same thing. Now, if I can just get mine to work, lol! No, I am not smarter than a 5th grader.

There are two books on Airtable which I purchased on Amazon. I’m that type of learner - I like to hold a piece of paper and scribble notes and dog ear pages. Gen Xer too. Did you read either or just learn as you went and how hard was it to get the automations working for you?

As far as AI goes, I use Kimi and then when we have worked through things together, I request prompts from Kimi for Omni, Claude, or whichever one I am using. I love AI! Kimi is great for research, numbers and logic but you have to check the age on some of the references she pulls up. “Human In the Loop.”

Keep touch and we can be each others Airtable Affirmation Buds…..

You got this! Make that Interface Your B……                                               I was going to say Best Friend!

[   Highlight, change to curly font, enlarge, print and hang somewhere.    ;)   ]

​@srtaylor  what are the books you purchased on Amazon?  Ive been learning as I go but would love to build my skills more comprehensively so I would like to look into them.  Automations are the bane of my existence.  I don’t know why I have so much trouble with them but I really do.  Claude even got to the point that it told me to send it a screenshot after every step to make sure I wasn’t doing it wrong!

Hack! Hack! You know it’s bad when your AI wants to see what the heck you’re up to!

I bought O’Reilly’s “Learning Airtable” Building Database Driven Applications with No Code (2024)

and “Airtable Made Easy: From Data Mangement to Powerful Web Apps” Leverage Airtable for Seamless N0-Code Development and Automation. (Print version of a Kindle book if I remember correctly.)

The 2nd is the easier read BUT has no images - a big down side. O’Reilly books can be a little daunting but have images and are extremely thorough.

Wanted a book with step by step projects that you could work through but haven’t found one yet.

Thank you, ill check these out.  Ive been piecing things together by watching you tube videos and some of the airtable academy lessons.