What I don't love about Airtable as a developer

[basicthinker]

1. Cannot define a field type. If other columns or tables need a similar type, you have to repeat the process to customize each. Developers are familiar with such "typedef".

2. Airtable has no way to choose the underlying database. Dev Table can offer this and supports big data.

3. Does it make sense to support a text-based, versioned Git-like database? Maybe just Git, like how Wiki can be based on Git. Furthermore, we can specify a workflow such as PR to update and collaborate on the table data. More to Data Workflow #3.

4. When linking to another table, the primary key of that table will show in the current table but has to be hidden in most cases. Why not directly link to a field of another table and make the primary key linking implicit?

5. It involves several operations to add an item to a linked field. Also, a linked filed cannot be copied. Can it be made lightweight just as choosing items from multiple select?

6. Lack native support for multiple languages. E.g., in the above figures, Chinese and English have to be mixed together.
7. Cannot insert or copy-paste multiple records into a table.
8. Modifying a select field needs a click on the "+" button. Can this operation be saved?

What do you think? We can maintain a long list to brainstorm how we can do better than Airtable for developers.