CodeLess: A Narrative on Visual Development (NoCode)

On January 9, 2022, the second iteration of Half-Day Build takes place, inviting makers from around the world to build and monetize a product in 12 hours. This episode's guest is Louis Pereira, the founder of Half-Day Build. Louis is a NoCode maker in Goa, building assets on the internet. He is joined on the podcast by Jash Mota, a previous participant in Half-Day Build, who built and monetized this Vibes robot in 12 hours. 

Links

• Creator Link - Your link in bio. On steroids.
• Read Something Great - Discover articles from the belly of the internet
• Half-Day Build - Go from idea to revenue in 12 hours
• Focus 25 - A trigger for 25 minutes of deep work.
• Threads by Me - A single page for your finest Twitter threads.
• Complexity Condensed - Complicated stuff explained in 500 simple words.
• Invisible College - A Learning DAO for Web3-Curious Builders & Creators

Hot Takes

• 1:02 - Intro
• 02:45 - The story behind the name
• 3:39 - Origin story.
• 5:00 - When things changed
• 6:36 - Projects Louis has built 
• 07:23 - Threads by me
• 7:58 - Creator Link 
• 8:35 - Read Something Great
• 10:25 - Focus 25
• 11:51  - The power behind complex NoCode tools
• 12:32 - NoCode in India
• 13:46 - Half-Day Build
• 21:05 - Jash Mota from Half-Day Build
• 23:39 - Learnings from Half-Day Build
• 26:38 - NoCode is not...
• 28:51 - Summary and Predictions.
• 33:27 - Recommended Guests
• 33:54 - Where to find Louis and Jash

Music Credits

• Stephskillie - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=Stephskillie  

Whit Anderson is the maker of Random Pizza (RP). We are members of a weekly, NoCode meetup out of Atlanta. It's called Zero to One.  

Whit is a poetic maker because of his ability to give profound and renewed relevance to things that we take for granted - like getting a pleasant surprise. Random Pizza goes beyond the gimmick - feeding our innate desire to make and share lasting memories and experiences. 

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Whit's Projects

• Smartmate.Webflow.io
• Adhunt
• Atlanta Startup Things
• Random Pizza

Hot Takes

• 5:12 - Origin story.
• 6:38 - Early lessons and projects.
• 8:35 - Learning by Shipping Clones.
• 9:22 - Random Pizza.
• 10:12 - Cheese or Pepperoni?
• 12:46 - Real users.
• 14:46 - First User Impressions.
• 18:38  - Better than ordering your own pizza.
• 20:22 - User Request: Yearly Subscriptions for Random Pizza.
• 20:49 - Random Pizza in the time of COVID.
• 22:56 - SAAS - Serendipity as a Service.
• 25:02 - Surprise + Desire = Pleasure.
• 29:47 - Summary and Predictions.

Music Credits

• Stephskillie - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=Stephskillie  
• RMarc1313 - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=RMarc1313  
  • Prod. nocredit - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEmMHfBN2NDsiEteozFVgYQ  
  • Bobbyoddsock - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=bobbyoddsock
    

We saved some audio from our jam session for Episode 12. On this tape, we discuss the human behavioral interface as well as coping with information and subscription overload. 

Chris Dancy (aka “the Most Connected Man on Earth.") used a NoCode stack, comprising of Airtable, Zapier, and Nextdoor to build the COVID-19 Neighborhood Volunteer and Support System.

We also have Armel Beaudry from Trebble.FM. We discuss the impact of COVID-19; Chris' Habit Store for thriving in an environment of information overload; and using technology to become the best versions of ourselves.

This jam session was recorded in the last weeks of March, 2020, when New York City was declared as the US outbreak epicenter for COVID-19.

Airtable Resources

• Airtable support for COVID-19 humanitarian groups - Airtable is making Airtable Pro available for free to any non-political humanitarian group that is working on COVID-19 relief efforts. If you run an Airtable supported project/business and have been hit hard by COVID-19, send an email to [email protected].
• Project Showcase: Compiled resources/projects using Airtable to make a difference in local communities.

Hot Takes

• 3:11 - Behavior as an interface to rule them all.
• 6:13 - Voice - a powerful paradigm.
• 8:07 - Interfaces depend on inputs.
• 10:38 - Collection, feedback, and leverage of your data.
• 14:05 - Trebble.FM and information overload.
• 16:48 - Subscription Saturation
• 21:39 - 9 - How to reach Chris

Music Credits

• Stephskillie - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=Stephskillie
• RMarc1313 - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=RMarc1313
  • Prod. nocredit - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEmMHfBN2NDsiEteozFVgYQ
    

Voice as an input as well as an interface is considered by many to be the next frontier in human advancement. According to Voicebot, there are nearly 90 million US adults owning smart speakers. This adoption exceeds over a third of consumers with a compounded annual growth rate exceeding 30%, over the past three years.

In January 2020, I went to the Project  Voice conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Aside from discovering a lot about voice technology, devices, and conversational AI, I met some brilliant people shaping the future of this amazing interface. One memorable interaction I had, was with Stacey Kyler and Guy Tonye from Zammo.ai. Zammo is a great example of the rich fruits, born of voice technology and NoCode sensibility.

This episode wouldn't have been possible without Bradley Metrock, host of "This Week In Voice", and Executive Producer of the Project Voice series of conferences and experiences. Here is a link to register for the Project Voice 2021. I've also included a brief excerpt from Bradley's interview with  Mark Cuban, who gives some good advice on how to thrive in this nascent industry of voice. 

Zammo Demo - 10 mins. 

FYI - Guy is from Cameroon (b/w West and Central Africa). His name is French and is pronounced like the Gi you wear in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. 

Hot Takes

• 7:15 - Stacey Kyler, Operations & Cust Success, Zammo.
• 8:18 - About Zammo.
• 9:47 - Intro - Guy Tonye, Software Engineer.
• 12:06 - Deeper on Zammo's Order of Solutions.
• 15:57 - Guy on making technology usable, accessible, and inclusive.
• 21:56 - Stacey on serving diverse customer needs.
• 29:06 - Guy endorses the NoCode mentality.
• 31:01 - The foundational tech behind Zammo.
• 34:38 - Zammo is the easy button for voice interactions.
• 39:44 - Trying to be the default invocation.
• 44:14 - Overcoming challenges in voice.
• 47:26 - Job Description: Conversation Enabler.
• 48:41 - Future view on using voice to build software.
• 51:20 - Maker Perspective = Use Case + Tool
• 54:23 - Will voice pass its own Turing test?
• 55:49 - For solopreneurs, enterprises, and government agencies.
• 58:29 - Voice gets better with more users.
• 1:02:19 Summary and Predictions.

Music Credits

• Stephskillie - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=Stephskillie
• Prod. nocredit - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEmMHfBN2NDsiEteozFVgYQ

This episode features Ward Sandler, CEO of MemberSpace as well as a user, Melissa Stephenson of fourwellness.co and fivedesign.co. 

We all should be producing content using gravitational engines that attract the right people into our orbits. Once we do that, we need a system to ensure that the users, who self-select into our orbit can get the best value we have to offer. That's what MemberSpace does for creators, personalities, and organizations with audiences. It's a NoCode tool that , lets you turn any part of your website into a members only section with just a few clicks. 

Here is a link to a great demo on MemberSpace.

Hot Takes

• 3:59 - Origin story.
• 7:08 - MemberSpace is 100% Remote.
• 8:07 - A MemberSpace Customer Speaks - Melissa Stephenson.
• 15:30 - Serving your members with digital gems.
• 24:56 - Integrations and onboarding.
• 28:01 - Keeping it simple.
• 31:08 - Customer Wishlist.
• 32:59 - Competition to MemberSpace.
• 35:30 - Early days in NoCode.
• 37:34 - Live customer discovery.
• 40:48 - Questions not asked.
• 43:37 - What's in the cards for MemberSpace.
• 47:35 - Summary and Predictions.

Music Credits

• Stephskillie - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=Stephskillie
• RMarc1313 - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=RMarc1313
• Prod. nocredit - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEmMHfBN2NDsiEteozFVgYQ
• Bobbyoddsock - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=bobbyoddsock