We noted that Excel turned 40 this year. That makes it seem old, and today, if you say “spreadsheet,” there’s a good chance you are talking about an Excel spreadsheet, and if not, at least a program ...

Everyone in Silicon Valley seems to be talking about Airtable, a user-friendly spreadsheet app that makes it super easy to build custom applications — no coding experience required. Airtable has ...

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is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. When Shishir Mehrotra worked at YouTube, he was struck by the relatively pedestrian tools that kept the site running.