How Grist uses Grist - October 23, 2025
We’re always asking people, “How do you use Grist?” So this time, we flipped it around and asked ourselves: how do we use it? In our October webinar, we answered that question by walking through real documents from Grist employees — business, personal, and everything in between — to show how we use (and sometimes misuse) Grist, and to share ideas and inspiration for your own workflows. 00:00 Start 00:10 ❔ User Question: Difference between self-hosted and hosted? 01:20 ❔ User Question: Can we record a timestamp when a toggle is set? (✅Answer: Yes) 03:51 Intro 04:36 Jordi's NES Collection 11:36 Nick's Google Ads Keyword Generator 23:13 Callum's Game Skills Tree 32:09 Marketing's Reddit Post Tracker 36:27 💡 Tip: Restrict duplicate entries using Access Rules 40:35 Grist's Contractor Invoices 48:38 Natalie's Travel Planning 50:36 💡 Tip: Check out our Template Gallery for more examples of how we use Grist! Useful links: - GetGrist.com | Resources | Webinars: https://www.getgrist.com/webinars/ - Community Forum: https://community.getgrist.com/ - Help Center: https://support.getgrist.com/ - Template Gallery: https://public.getgrist.com/p/templates Other links mentioned: - Savage Game Design Case Study: https://www.getgrist.com/case-studies/how-a-game-design-studio-uses-grist-to-turn-stories-into-structured-data/ - Access Rules to Restrict Duplicate Records: https://support.getgrist.com/examples/2023-01-acl-memo/ Documents shown: - NES Collection: https://public.getgrist.com/9LkQ8aqgrwjY/Jordis-NES-collection/m/fork - Google Ads Keyword Generator: https://public.getgrist.com/721qCxik6Eqq/Keyword-Generator/m/fork - Game Skill Tree: https://public.getgrist.com/5f1tF6GSJfcC/Game-skill-tree/m/fork - Reddit Post Tracker: https://public.getgrist.com/7u421XNwqBLM/Reddit/m/fork - Contractor Invoices: https://public.getgrist.com/4eGYz7vTa6zx/Contractor-Invoices/m/fork - Travel Planning: https://public.getgrist.com/34bFts8JrhQA/Travel-Planning-Natalies-modified-version/m/fork