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CodeLess: A Narrative on Visual Development (NoCode)

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Call it NoCode, No-Code, Visual Development, or CodeLess.

The fact is powerful trends in technology are making it easier to design, automate, and optimize your imagination beyond its limits - unlocking creativity, democratizing transformation, and redefining productivity.

CodeLess is a narrative podcast, celebrating makers, tools, and heroes in NoCode. Every week, we journey into the currents below the surface with:

-Makers building digital solutions, without writing a single line of code;
-Founders of NoCode tools; and
-Non-technical heroes building the future.

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Episodes

S2: E1 - "I've stopped trying to teach myself how to code" - Louis Pereira (Read Something Great / Half-Day Build)

January 08, 2022 19:28 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MB

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 Somethi...

S1: E19 - "It's all about Serendipity As A Service" - Whit Anderson (Random Pizza)

May 24, 2020 04:02 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

This is a two-part episode.  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.  Sign up as a member of CodeLess. You will be the first t...

S1: E19a - "It's all about Serendipity As A Service" - Whit Anderson (Random Pizza)

May 24, 2020 04:02 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

This is a two-part episode.  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.  Sign up as a member of CodeLess. You will be the first t...

S1. E18 - "Your behavior is the interface. " - Chris Dancy and Armel Beaudry

May 09, 2020 03:00 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MB

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 in...

S1. E17 - "An interface for people to interact with everything" - Zammo

May 02, 2020 20:25 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

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...

S1. E16 - "The only constraint is your imagination" - MemberSpace

April 25, 2020 03:54 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

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 , let...

S1. E15b - " It doesn't have to be... perfect" - #100DaysOfNoCode

April 21, 2020 06:48 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

This is part 2 of a two part  jam session with five makers taking part in the #100DaysOfNoCode Challenge on Twitter.  Guest include: Max Haining, James Eldersveld, Naya Moss, Doc Williams, and Sharath Kuruganty. If there is one thing you can learn from these makers, it's the lesson that collaborative learning, supported by the requirement of doing, is the smartest hack to learn a new skill. If you're having trouble learning that new skill, you always wanted to add to your resume. Find a gro...

S1. E15a - "Don't expect results - experience the process " - #100DaysOfNoCode

April 18, 2020 07:03 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

This is part 1 of a two part  jam session with five makers taking part in the #100DaysOfNoCode Challenge on Twitter.  Guest include: Max Haining, James Eldersveld, Naya Moss, Doc Williams, and Sharath Kuruganty There is no lack of noteworthy mentions here: Ben Tossell of Makerpad, KP from Cuppa, and Michael Gill, the automation King.  In spite of the devastation that is COVID-19, these makers are turning the worst of the present, into the best of the future, adapting and upskilling themsel...

S1: E14 - "The developer who can pull those two worlds together. " - Michael Gill

April 10, 2020 22:26 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB

In this episode, we talk with Michael Gill - the Automation King. Gill is a software developer, a SaaS CTO, as well as a NoCode CTO. You may know him form his NoCode Coffee newslestter, but he is also in beta with Cuppa; and is set to release his highly anticipated e-book, Maker Minions on April 11, 2020. .   This interview with Gill is nothing less than a magician revealing the secrets behind the tricks they perform. For magicians, that sacrilegious, but in NoCode, that is highly encouraged....

S1: E14 - "the developer who can pull those two worlds [Code &NoCode] together. " - Michael Gill

April 10, 2020 22:26 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB

In this episode, we talk with Michael Gill - the Automation King. Gill is a software developer, a SaaS CTO, as well as a NoCode CTO. You may know him form his NoCode Coffee newslestter, but he is also in beta with Cuppa; and is set to release his highly anticipated e-book, Maker Minions on April 11, 2020. .   This interview with Gill is nothing less than a magician revealing the secrets behind the tricks they perform. For magicians, that sacrilegious, but in NoCode, that is highly encourage...

S1: E14 - "The developer who can pull those two worlds [Code &NoCode] together. " - Michael Gill

April 10, 2020 22:26 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB

In this episode, we talk with Michael Gill - the Automation King. Gill is a software developer, a SaaS CTO, as well as a NoCode CTO. You may know him form his NoCode Coffee newslestter, but he is also in beta with Cuppa; and is set to release his highly anticipated e-book, Maker Minions on April 11, 2020. .   This interview with Gill is nothing less than a magician revealing the secrets behind the tricks they perform. For magicians, that sacrilegious, but in NoCode, that is highly encourage...

S1: E13 - "I would pay $50 a month for Twitter" - Bram Kanstein

April 03, 2020 20:53 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MB

You've probably seen Bram Kanstein on Product Hunt or Twitter. CodeLess will get you up to speed on the maker behind the most upvoted project on Product Hunt. Bram recently launched a valuable project to help people dealing in difficult situations like COVID-19, find new ways to generate income from the internet. In this episode, Bram discusses one of his biggest drivers - sharing his knowledge and experience with makers, interested in learning about the mindset, process, and tools necessar...

S1: E12 - COVID-19 Response Template - "A new way of thinking." - Chris Dancy, David Peterson, and Armel Beaudry

March 28, 2020 03:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB

In this episode, we dive into how makers are utilizing NoCode to help their neighborhoods respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chris Dancy is known to many as “the Most Connected Man on Earth." However, this Houston, Texas maker is using NoCode to bring calm in the midst of chaos. He has used a NoCode stack comprising of Airtable, Zapier, and Nextdoor to build the COVID-19 Neighborhood Volunteer and Support System. Chris has built the tool as a template to help his neighborhood as well as anyo...

S1: E11 - "I just walked into a SaaS candy store." - Jean-Loup Karst

March 21, 2020 02:21 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MB

We  really love this site called JoinSecret.com and we'd like to share it with you. And honestly, we think it'd be foolish not to include JoinSecret.com on the CodeLess stage to help you on your NoCode journey. Jean-Loup Karst is the cofounder of JoinSecret.com. He is tenacious and smart, but above all, he's definitely a giver to the CodeLess community. In this episode (27:07), we are giving listeners of CodeLesss free premium membership access to JoinSecret.com for one year.  Welcome to t...

S1: E10 - "The tool... is less important than the ideas that you have to share." - Chris Do

March 13, 2020 19:51 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MB

Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning creative and teacher who's been running a motion design and brand consultancy for over 23 years. He's on a 1 Billion Mission to teach other creatives how to value themselves and communicate that value to others. He also hosts the Futur podcast,  Chris' story and point of view have huge overlaps for creatives in any field, especially in NoCode, where clients only care about results. He has spent decades codifying what he doesn't know. I hope you gain something...

S1: E9 - "I hope NoCode is not a thing 10 years from now." - Emmanuel Straschnov (feat. Nate Washington)

March 06, 2020 21:11 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MB

"Even if you can code, it doesn't mean that you can't be a part of the no-code movement." - Nate Washington, CTO at Qoins. Today's episode is a doubleheader because we have two guests on the show woven into a blended narrative on NoCode. Whether you're a newbie or a more experience user, there's definitely something to gain from Emmanuel Straschnov (@estraschnov) from Bubble, and Nate Washington (@nwashjr2) from Qoins. We may be separated by distance, but we are connected through the web a...

S1: E8 - "Nobody starts out original" - Kirby Ferguson

February 28, 2020 11:52 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MB

Kirby Ferguson is a filmmaker, writer, and speaker. He's widely famous for his viral 2012 docuseries titled "Everything is a Remix". His Ted talk on remixing has garnered over one and a half million views. I've been following Kirby for close to a decade and getting to have this time with him was like meeting another maker that never fails to inspire you. In this jam session, Kirby explains the blueprint for creativity and provides actionable advice and encouragement for us to copy, combine a...

S1: E7 - "Make data science... insanely easy to use." - Nirman Dave

February 21, 2020 08:33 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MB

Today's episode involves a topic in which I am very interested: data science. Yes we are talking with Nirman Dave, Co-founder at Obviously.ai where they are on a mission to  Make data science effortless.... without writing a single line of code.  Hot Takes 3:00 - Origin Story and Why "Obviously". 7:05 - What is NoCode / Pitching to customers 12:38 - Natural Language Processing (NLP) 5 / Capabilities 25:20  - What made Obviously possible Links to Tools and resources Obviously.ai - Data...

S1: E6 - "You don't need to become an entrepreneur to use NoCode" - Cynthia Bell McGillis

February 18, 2020 16:08 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

I'm thrilled to connect you with another NoCode hero on this episode. Cynthia McGillis (@cynthiamcgillis) is a co-founder at Noco.digital, an online business merging her passion for stickers. And exclusive streetwear fashion. She's also a corporate warrior at Lambda school, a software development bootcamp. What's really interesting about our conversation is how she puts a spotlight on a segment of NoCode - corporate/B2B NoCode heroes - that I believe will drive massive adoption of the trend. ...

S1: E5 - "I couldn't go to the NoCode conference" - Ryan Myher

February 16, 2020 09:49 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Episode five features a fellow, who recently did something cool for NoCode. Ryan Meyer is out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and host of a NoCode podcast titled, "No Code, No Problem". Basically, Ryan partnered with entre and Microsoft to hold a NoCode summit in New York on January the 22nd of 2020. It was really great because it featured some really interesting companies in the NoCode space, including Adalo (@AdaloHQ), Bubble (@bubble_group), Elliot (@hello_iamelliot), and Bildr (@bildrHQ).  ...

S1: E4 - "NoCode is an ever-expanding boundary"

February 09, 2020 05:20 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MB

Hello and welcome to episode four of CodeLess. Today's episode features a maker who is serious about building community. And helping others get started with no code. Joe Brown is out of Cincinnati and is the founder of the NoCode platform, Nucode.co, as well as Smaal.co, a NoCode agency.  He's a serious maker, dedicated to helping expand the boundaries of no code, turning ripples into waves of progress.  Hot Takes 4:05 - Joe introduces his NoCode projects. 5:51 - Joe's adventure begins. C...

S1: E4 - "NoCode is an ever-expanding boundary" - Joe Brown

February 09, 2020 05:20 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MB

Hello and welcome to episode four of CodeLess. Today's episode features a maker who is serious about building community. And helping others get started with no code. Joe Brown is out of Cincinnati and is the founder of the NoCode platform, Nucode.co, as well as Smaal.co, a NoCode agency.  He's a serious maker, dedicated to helping expand the boundaries of no code, turning ripples into waves of progress.  Hot Takes 4:05 - Joe introduces his NoCode projects. 5:51 - Joe's adventure begins. C...

S1:E3 - "Men do it. So why shouldn't women?"

January 31, 2020 10:47 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MB

This episode is special because it's celebrating Lundyn Carter, our first hero on CodeLess. If you don't understand the definition of a NoCode hero, they are non-technical folks who are using NoCode tools to build businesses. They are bold and finding ways to create value, often using NoCode to jumpstart their journeys. Lundyn is the cofounder of Laine London (www.lainelondon.com), a bridal industry startup, providing bespoke wedding dresses, making dreams come true, and helping couples avoi...

S1:E3 - "Men do it. So why shouldn't women?" - Lundyn Carter

January 31, 2020 10:47 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

This episode is special because it's celebrating Lundyn Carter, our first hero on CodeLess. If you don't understand the definition of a NoCode hero, they are non-technical folks who are using NoCode tools to build businesses. They are bold and finding ways to create value, often using NoCode to jumpstart their journeys. Lundyn is the cofounder of Laine London (www.lainelondon.com), a bridal industry startup, providing bespoke wedding dresses, making dreams come true, and helping couples avoi...

S1:E2 - "Make the same amount of money with less time" - Drew Thomas

January 16, 2020 21:06 - 47 minutes - 44.2 MB

Stumbling into #NoCode is awesome especially when you have folks like Drew Thomas to catch you. The #NoCode community is full of supportive people like him who can help you unlock your creativity. Drew is out of Texas, and has been in technology since he was 19. Today he has successfully transitioned his agency from traditional software/digital development into #NoCode; and he has figured out the best way to ship products that matter. What's really cool about his #NoCode journey is that it's...

S1:E2 - "Make the same amount of money with less time" - Drew from Texas

January 16, 2020 21:06 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MB

Stumbling into #NoCode is awesome especially when you have folks like Drew Thomas to catch you. The #NoCode community is full of supportive people like him who can help you unlock your creativity. Drew is out of Texas, and has been in technology since he was 19. Today he has successfully transitioned his agency from traditional software/digital development into #NoCode; and he has figured out the best way to ship products that matter. What's really cool about his #NoCode journey is that it's...

S1. E1 - "People don't suck at anything" - KP from Atlanta

January 01, 2020 07:53 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

KP is a maker out of Atlanta with an awesome story about struggle, identity, motivation,  and the power of vulnerability. He talks about his #NoCode origin story, makers that have inspired him as well as the very personal reasons for building five projects over 13 months. He also opines on the past and future decades of #NoCode. special shoutout to You can reach KP on twitter (@thisiskp_). Listen for his shoutouts to some other makers you should know.  KP's Projects - http://dothingsthatdo...

S1:E1 - "People don't suck at anything" - KP from Atlanta

January 01, 2020 07:53 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MB

KP is a maker out of Atlanta with an awesome story about struggle, identity, motivation,  and the power of vulnerability. He talks about his #NoCode origin story, makers that have inspired him as well as the very personal reasons for building five projects over 13 months. He also opines on the past and future decades of #NoCode. special shoutout to You can reach KP on twitter (@thisiskp_). Listen for his shoutouts to some other makers you should know.  KP's Projects - http://dothingsthatdo...

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