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Who is building with no code?
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Rosie Sherry
Are you building something with no code?
If so, what? And how is it going?
Meeee! And just announced my funding https://twitter.com/bentossell/status/1169316976466022400?s=21
Makerpad.co is here to stay
Awesome! Been using makerpad and really enjoy it brother. Planning on staying solo or bringing more people on?
Same! I talk about and promote Makerpad so much, people now ask me "do you work there or something " 😂.
Dope community-building dope things 🔥.
Oh yay, congrats!
I'm building MentorPass.co with no-code (other than Stripe Connect integration). Launching this Thursday with a party in Canggu 🚀🚀🚀 I love no code, it's where I'm steering my personal brand and consulting. Going to the No Code Conf in November and looking forward to connecting the rest of the community.
Built Target 2030 ( target2030.org ) using all no-code tools:
Thanks for a really well detailed response! You have some cool stuff going on there.
https://timesy.app/ is completely built with no-code. It was built in about 4 months with Bubble, this includes leaning the platform. Bubble is constantly evolving and there's new features being added all the time.
Building sites with co-code is so much faster and wouldn't be possible for me who was used to WordPress in the past
That looks great.. you should add a newletter sign up, also the FB link in the footer does not work FYI.
I love how that looks! Did you hire an illustrator? Good job!
Hey thanks for the feedback. I'm a graphic designer by trade so was all done myself. If you need a hand on bubble please let me know
I’ve been building with no-code for years. WordPress!
We all have a love/hate relationship with it, but it’s just incredible what you can build with WP. I’ve set up entire SaaS products in a couple days complete with authentication, Stripe, workflows, etc.
What courses would you recommend to learn how to do this ? (With WP?). I'd like to learn thanks.
Unfortunately I just learned the hard way - haven't really run across any good courses on this, although I'm sure they're out there!
One thing that's so good about WP is the ecosystem and stability. It's been there a long time and will be there in the future. Plenty of resources and pre-built extensions. You don't need to code most parts of your solution - there are already multi-tenant plugins, payment gateway plugins, mail automation, etc. You can probably duct-tape together a working SaaS on WordPress for $300 in plugins in a day or two.
Thanks @gilgildner. I have a tech background but been out of coding / web for AGES... so just wading through how best to get back into it, what to learn etc
Everything I build, I do it with no code tools (usually Bubble). I don't have time or interest to deal with infrastructure and non-value add stuff, so I took time to learn Bubble and love it. I don't have a ton of time to focus on building products these days, but building on Bubble was a dream.
What types of things do you build/have you built? What makes Bubble better than others?
I built a student tracking system for early childhood literacy, a team retrospectives tool, I'm currently (very slowly) building a tool to help organizations focus on outcomes instead of outputs, and have done a whole bunch of little experiments on the platform.
I like Bubble because I don't have to set up a dev environment. I don't have to know what SQL is. I don't have to deal with hosting. I don't have to know what git is. For someone who is truly starting from zero foundation in engineering, or someone who just wants to focus on building above the value line, I haven't found an all-in-one solution like Bubble that lets you build fully functional web apps.
Now, this is changing. Boundless Labs looks interesting, Wappler is interesting (though aimed at a much more technical user than Bubble), I had dabbled with Infinable but it seems to be stalled. There are more options coming that take an all-in-one, fully-integrated approach. Is Bubble better than them? I dunno, and I'm not sure I care, really. Bubble lets me build whatever it is I want to build, so until I have a reason to switch, I'm likely sticking with it.
While I'm not building my product with no code, I'm building a Test Automation Framework (http://testerbot.io) that allows codeless testing. (I'm still working on the copy of the site).
Looking for feedback if this is something you'd use.
For reference, there is also a Twitter thread on this topic - https://twitter.com/IndieHackers/status/1169655434552184832
I'm working on a Fiverr clone using Boundless
and building somewhat of an MVP for my HR startup using Webflow.
It's going well, taking wayyy longer than I expected 😅. No code tools take skill and time to get acclimated.
Just started to build an app with Bubble. Really fun to do actually, I really enjoy the progress. Always wanted to 'build' something on my own. I'm working in the SaaS-world, which I love, but my expertise lies in strategy and marketing, not in code.
I have built https://refer8.com completely in Bubble. Steep learning curve, but once you get it you can build almost anything with no code. Just done a very soft launch and now planning the next marketing steps.
https://karthik666manjunath.wixsite.com/tarusubscriptions - Building a customizable subscription portal for eCommerce startups on Wix.
Just out of curiosity, what are the limitations/drawbacks of no-code?
cons: you're tied to a specific platform, you're limited in functionality.
pros: cheap to get going and prototype. low maintenance
I should add, Ministry of Testing was built on no code before it was called no code. I played and hacked things together for the first 6-7 (!) years. I was often frustrated, but it got us to a stage where we could afford to pay to build things out in a better way.
Though saying that, we still use some things that are 'no code' like using Discourse for a forum/community platform, but we also are able to integrate it fairly nicely with our platform/membership.
I've tried out a few no-code solutions... But honestly, I have a REALY hard time using them. My technical mind prefers code. Although, I have lately started to use Adobe XD for mockups instead of HTML.
I'm building for no code :)
Click to setup CI/CD (for Android only atm) - https://turingci.com
Working on integrating Stripe however all early access folks grandfathered in for year!
I just posted my milestone for my item-of-value that was built with just Google Sheets! https://www.indiehackers.com/product/the-game-of-chase
I am developing the product for CancunTour.app with Glide, and we plan to launch pretty soon, hoping to get several hundred customers in the next months.
https://www.indiehackers.com/product/bespoke-yucatan-travel/-LnwtTGhmphrjk55z0sx
👋
Building quite a few things. My personal site and https://jobboard.best on Carrd, RoasterList.com on Webflow, and various other small projects with Zapier, Glide, Bubble/Thunkable!
EDIT: It's going well! It's crazy how much you can actually do, even with certain limitations. My biggest challenge is validating ideas by talking to customers.
Have you had success with building on Bubble? I've experimented a little on it and it seems like it has a lot of potential
I did some research on it and the one thing that scares me is all of the forum posts about performance issues. I would expect that Bubble might not scale after a certain point, but many of the posts were about apps with very little traffic. They acknowledge that they are working on improving performance and providing more transparency about why things run slowly if/when they do. I hope they fix this because it is an incredibly powerful platform.
Thats really good to know!
Bubble is great!! I believe it's the most advanced no-code platform out there. With that said, there is a high learning curve. Once you understand the layout and how everything interacts, the possibilities are endless :)
Yea for sure. Every now and then I pick it back up and try learning a little more. It's fun to learn but tough
I haven't had a ton of success just yet. It's a bit more advanced in terms of what it can do, but it's also fairly complicated to learn. I try to stick with Carrd or even Webflow if possible!
I've been seeing Webflow come up a lot lately. I use wordpress for everything, but might need to check out Webflow
It takes a bit to learn, like everything, but it's pretty powerful and a much better experience to build in my opinion
I made Txtjournaling.com without writing any code. I didn't launch it yet. I'm running an alpha test at the moment. First feedback is promising, so I'm happy. And proud (my first nocode product) too ;)
Website via Carrd.co, SMS service via Messagebird, and sales via Gumroad.
I'm documenting the progress step by step in Mindwave:
https://mindwave.app/stories/experimenting-with-a-txt-journaling-course-eawpQz
I've been building with no-code for the last 3 years or so - and it's great!
I've been able to validate ideas and launch much faster than using traditional code. I've ran some successful businesses/community apps and now within the last year built a program that teaches others how to build with no code (nocodify.com).
Let me know if you have any questions!
How did you do the hero animation? I've been using bubble for two years and I have no idea...
Hi @Luqa,
Can you elaborate a bit? Do you mean the headers?
If so, it's as easy as using a workflow "do when scroll position is > X"
I am talking about the main text "marketplace", "web apps" and so on
Oh I see!
It's the "typewriter text" plugin :)
I had no idea it existed, thank you very much!
Has your system had any successful graduates now running their SaaS in profit?
If I wanted to create a tool that read in (via authorization) a users Google Contacts, could nocode be used to do that?
Hi @innov8or,
Yes, we had a couple members from our first cohort create successful SaaS and other web apps (our first cohort had 10 members, 5 created apps that were successful - high usage or profit)
To answer your question, yes, you can pull in users Google contacts. If you take a look at https://bubble.is/plugins, you can view all the plugins that are available. With that said, bubble has an API connector - so you can incorporate any API into your web app that you'd like.
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Hi @netdom,
Please email me at info@nocodify.com and I'll send you some examples.
For example, I had one marketplace app for students/employers, and a niche community app for poker players who wanted a system to log their poker sessions and track/analyze their earnings.
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