Bending Spoons Acquires Airtable: What It Means for Customers
Bending Spoons is buying Airtable for US$1.285bn. What changes for solo users, small teams, mid-market and enterprise customers, and what to do before the deal closes.
Vikas Vimal
QuickBooks Desktop sync is tricky, but doable.
A failure-tolerant, resumable QBD → Airtable sync built entirely inside Airtable... no Zapier, no Make, no middleware to babysit. Here's the whole build, including everything that broke.
Should you even be picking a CRM right now?
Most teams shopping for a CRM are really trying to fix a broken system. Here’s how to tell if you need a CRM, a suite, or something else.
Your CRM Isn’t Broken. It Was Never Designed for You.
Most CRM pain starts with a category error. You bought a sales tool and expected it to run your business.
AI Can Take Over the Code. It Can’t Take Over the Risk. Yet.
AI is reducing implementation cost, but the expensive part of software was always the risk carried by poor structure, poor assumptions, and poor handoffs.
Before You Add AI, Build the System.
Most businesses do not fail at AI because they misunderstand AI. They fail because they mistake AI for the system itself. Structured data, automations, and interface design still come first.
AI in SMBs Needs Three Things: Context, Context, and Context
Most SMB AI projects disappoint for a simple reason: the business context is fragmented. Better results come from structured systems, connected data, and workflows that retrieve the right context at the right time.
How to Price No-Code Proposals (From Both Sides of the Table)
Same project. Proposals from $20K to $300K. The gap comes down to process clarity, scale, risk, stack transparency, time horizon, and ROI. How to read no-code proposals before you sign.
The SaaS Tax: Finding the $20,000 You're Wasting on Tools
A 6-month ATS build uncovered $20K+ in wasted SaaS spend. Fillout workarounds, n8n over Make.com, and a $1,200/month Notion bill nobody questioned.
“It’s already so much better than Monday.”
Jemini replaced a patchwork of recruiting tools with a custom hiring system built on Airtable and Zite. Applications, interviews, referrals, and reporting now run through one workflow, giving recruiters a clear pipeline and leadership real visibility into hiring progress.