Workaround for data validation (date constraints) within Glide? 1 step fwd, 2 back

Yeah, I found a workaround in this post: Prevent bookings 6 months or more away (in the editor, not the sheet)

Unfortunately there are some UX issues that I am trying to sort through at the moment.

I felt very productive the first 1-2 weeks using glide but for the past 2-3 weeks I feel like I have been arm wrestling with it to polish my app and make it production ready.