ben_simon
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To The Qrew, My time at Quickbase is coming to an end. Wednesday, July 29 th will be my last day with the company. After 8 wonderful years working with Quickbase customers and partners, I’m logging off and starting a new challenge elsewhere. I’ll never forget Empower 2019 in Miami. During the keynote, Product Managers were on stage being treated like celebrities. Customers sat in the audience and gave raucous ovations to announcements to things like Dashboards and Formulas and Automations. Customers discussed tips and tricks while standing in line for breakfast, laptops were open everywhere and the only topic being discussed was Quickbase. The only complaint I heard all week was from customers who couldn’t fit into the most popular sessions. Fear not, those sessions would be offered again later in the week. It was Disneyland for no-code problem solvers. I couldn’t believe the level of enthusiasm radiating through the room. Prior to Quickbase, I worked at companies where it was rare to see any form of passion other than sheer anger coming from customers towards the vendor. Quickbase was different, the customers clearly loved the product. The main takeaway from Empower Miami was about this community. The talent, the passion, the creativity, there were so many individuals who had their careers catapulted into something new and awesome because of how well they gravitated towards using software Legos to build custom databases. It was infectious. In 2023, the opportunity to make a change in my career arrived, and I jumped on it. I became a Community Manager. But first we needed a name. Enter “The Qrew”. A collective of problem-solvers who just get it. Next we needed a way to celebrate the individuals who went above and beyond for this Community. We created The Qrew Legend Award, and I was so proud to see Mark Shnier, Sharon Faust, and Tammie King become the first three recipients. Legends indeed! Qrew Groups expanded from virtual-only to being held in-person. Online we met over Pipelines and Governance and whatever else you were willing to share. I’ll miss the meetups. At some point a Discord server was created and I started participating. I was there mostly to listen, but soon after joining it became one of my favorite ways to connect with Qrew members. And finally, yes. Empower came back. The conversations in the breakfast buffet were about Pipelines and Jinja now; while the energy of this community hasn’t changed, the product certainly has. It’s still incredible to me what you all can do with a Quickbase app. The Qrew has an amazing team here at HQ keeping this train moving. Esther LaVielle and Maria Peralta are Qrew diehards, committed to giving you the best community experience possible. Caroline Englert will oversee The Qrew as well as our Advocacy efforts. As someone who has worked closely with Caroline for so long, there’s no one I would rather have run this incredible community than her. Be good to her or you’ll hear from me! I want to thank you for this incredible experience. A great product is useless without great users. I loved seeing the infinite ways Qrew members were solving problems at their respective companies. Quickbase the product + The Qrew is a power duo that will thrive in the years ahead. You taught me about the value a strong community can bring to a business, and more importantly, to each other. I won’t forget it. Forever grateful, BenRe: From A to Z: Why Pave Feels Like a Big Deal (and What It Means for the Qrew)
Thank you for sharing all of this Denin ! Super valuable for everyone to read. I think the experience of people who are used to building apps in the traditional Quickbase way will be similar to what you experienced. It will be interesting to learn perspectives of builders who are introduced to application building through Pave and don't have an extensive QB background. This is also why I'm excited Quickbase will continue to support its core product as there are so many builders like you who have created so many valuable apps using this platform.From A to Z: Why Pave Feels Like a Big Deal (and What It Means for the Qrew)
Hey Qrew 👋 Ben here. And if you’ve been anywhere near Quickbase today, you’ve probably felt it. Something big just dropped. Yep… Pave is here. Now, I’ve read all the announcements, sat in on the conversations, and I know there’s some buzz across our passionate community, so I want to break this down the way we do best here in the Qrew: 👉 What is Pave 👉 Why Pave matters 👉 Why The Qrew should care So… what is Pave? Let’s skip all the fancy buzzwords for a second. At its core, Pave is a full-stack AI app builder, but not the kind that gets you halfway there and leaves you duct-taping tools together at 2am. This is the difference: A lot of platforms get you from idea to prototype Pave gets you from idea to real, scalable, production-ready app We’re talking: Built-in structure Governance baked in (hello, Quickbase governance, how do you do?) Ready for actual business use, not just demos that wow your boss for five minutes Or put another way… This isn’t just “look what I built.” Plenty of tools out there for that. This is “look what my business is now running on.” That’s happening with Pave. Why this hits different If you’ve been in the Qrew for a while, you already know this pain: “I built something awesome, but now I need access to five other tools and a small miracle to make it usable at scale.” Pave changes that. No more: Stitching together third-party tools Managing separate infrastructure Wrestling with “okay but how do we actually deploy this?” Instead, it’s all in one place, built on what Quickbase has been doing for decades: 👉 Secure 👉 Scalable 👉 Built for real operations The part I’m most excited about This is where it gets very Qrew. Pave is designed for the people closest to the work: The ops leader fixing broken processes The builder who sees inefficiencies everywhere The team member who says, “there has to be a better way” Sound familiar? 😏Yup, that’s you. That’s how you found us in The Qrew. What Pave does is shorten the distance between idea and impact. Less: “Let me submit a request and wait…” More: “I built it. It works. We’re using it.” Bridging the gap (desk to field) Another big unlock: Pave is built to connect desk and deskless workers. If you’ve ever tried to: Get field data back into systems Align ops teams with what is actually happening on the ground Build tools that work for both sides …you know how messy that gets. Pave is aiming straight at that problem. Built by the same people who power Quickbase One thing worth repeating: This did not come out of nowhere. Pave is built on: Decades of Quickbase innovation Deep understanding of how real businesses operate And a ton of work from teams across the company So yeah, big moment, and a lot of people behind it. Still the Quickbase you know and trust Let’s address the question a lot of you are probably already thinking: “What does this mean for the Quickbase platform I use today?” Short answer. It is not going anywhere. Quickbase is staying deeply committed to its core platform. The apps, workflows, and systems you have built are still the foundation of everything. That investment continues. Pave is not a replacement. It is an expansion. Think of it as building on top of everything that already makes Quickbase powerful: The reliability you depend on The scale your business requires The flexibility you use every day If anything, this is about doubling down on helping you do more, not starting over. What this means for the Qrew This is probably what I’m most looking forward to out of all this noise. I’m already thinking about: What you all are going to build first The workflows you’ve been wanting to fix The “I hacked this together but…” projects that can now level up And you know what’s coming next… 👉 Demos 👉 Pave specific conversations 👉 Meetups where we swap ideas and show off what we’ve built I can be a little selfish here, no? A Pave Community, anyone? We will make this happen. Go check it out 👀 If you have not yet, take a look at Pave here: Then come back and tell us: 👉 What would you build first? 👉 What problem would you finally solve? Because if there is one thing I know about this community… You are not going to start at A or B. You are going straight to Z. Big day, Qrew....biiiiiiig day. Get fired up for Pave! -BenRe: Code Pages are wild!
Agree Cam, they are wild. If you want to see how far you can go with a Quickbase app, and you're not using code pages...I'm not sure you can go as far as you want. You can go pretty far, don't get me wrong...but code pages open up so many possibilities. Thanks for the share!Denver Qrew Launch
Hey Everyone, I had such a great time last week connecting with you all! Clubhouse work and golf is such a fantastic venue for these meetups, and a special thank you is deserved for Jess and the entire Quandary team for helping make this happen. AmberGartner will be a fantastic Qrew Leader, she's already demo'ed her slick buttons and shown you the way. For those of you who want to check out Manny's March Qrew Tip, here you go... Next meetup is Thursday, April 23rd, at 3pm. Same location! I wish I lived in Denver and could attend, hopefully I'll see many of you at Empower in May!Empower 26 Agenda is Now Live
The agenda for Empower 26 is now live! On May 18th, we'll kick things off in Houston, Texas with our Pre-Conference trainings. Keynotes and live sessions with the best Quickbase minds in the world will ensue on May 19th and 20th. Empower registration is still open and seats are still available for those of you on the fence! Throughout the months of April and May we'll be featuring Empower themed content here on The Qrew, helping us get fired up for the best event of the year! Empower agenda: https://www.quickbase.com/empower/agenda
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