Where's the free, web based, easy to use database, the web version of MS Access?
One of the greatest things about MS Access was that it made it trivially easy to create master-detail forms where a sub-form contains records related to the master record shown in the main form.
Even if I didn't make any money on the deal, at least I'd be able to have something better for tracking the progress of the cub scouts awards. It'd also let my wife and me set up the complex budget that we're trying to do right now in spreadsheets.
I bring this up with people who work for small businesses and they all recognize the pain point. Those that are old enough remember the good old days when you could put an Access file on a network share and then run your entire business out of it.
But I think Access is awesome for making and battle-testing prototypes that can eventually become actual CRUD apps. Great intermediate step somewhere in-between e-mailing spreadsheets and building a Rails app, for getting shit done at the office.
However I still can't see how to do the "getting started with SQL" type stuff, for people who don't want to use the command line for everything, but still want to use SQL in not too complex ways, maybe a more friendly version of phpmyadmin (and friends).