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Emily Hodgins
Welcome to Makers Festival, the "No Code Edition."
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Say hi and introduce yourself πŸ‘‹πŸ»
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Ryan Hoover
Ryan here from Product Hunt! Excited that we're focusing on this Maker Festival on "no code" solutions. Here's a quick primer on the category for those curious. Looking forward to seeing what everyone makes. πŸ™ŒπŸΌ
Sandhya Ramachandran
Yay! @rrhoover @emilyjsnowdon absolutely love the idea of a "no code" product. Looking forward to this year's @producthunt #MakersFest
Emily Hodgins
@rrhoover @producthunt @thedreamydryad Yay! So excited you're joining the Festival Sandhya πŸ™ŒπŸ»Can't wait to see what you build.
Ryan Hoover
@thedreamydryad glad you're joining us :)
Sandhya Ramachandran
@rrhoover @emilyjsnowdon : Super excited! I have been toying with an idea for long. Hoping this will help me put it to work :)
Sandhya Ramachandran
@rrhoover @emilyjsnowdon Plus: a BIG fan of CODA. Been using it for six months now and wishing it releases a firefox and Android version soon :)
Emily Hodgins
I'm Emily, Head of Operations at Product Hunt - can't wait to meet you all!
Gemma Curl
@emilyjsnowdon Yay! Thanks for setting this up Product Hunt. I'm looking forward to making a "no code" product.
Emily Hodgins
@gemmaangelina Hey Gemma! So happy that you're joining this Festival. What category are you going for?
Ben Tossell
@emilyjsnowdon Hello Emily, we've already met many times before πŸ˜„ But in the interest of this thread...I'm Ben, I used to work at Product Hunt but now I run Makerpad - a place to get 1-1 support, templates and tutorials for building powerful applications without code.
Emily Hodgins
@bentossell BEN!!!! πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ‘‹πŸ» Welcome πŸ˜€
tajbik
@emilyjsnowdon this is a great competition for designers that got their start in non-tech design! evens the playing field. taj!
Lisa Dziuba
@emilyjsnowdon hey from Ukraine πŸ’›πŸ’™ I'm Lisa, maker of design & development tools (Flawless App & Reduce). Together with a teammate, we plan to build something useful for the creative community. And this is @valiahavruliyk, designer & growth hacker and my friend. Let's see what we will build for you:
Emily Hodgins
@valiahavruliyk @lisadziuba Awesome! Great team πŸ‘ŠπŸ» Excited to see what you two build πŸ› 
Tkachenko Arthur ~UA~
@emilyjsnowdon thanks for this festival. My name is Arthur and this will be my second CatHaton. NoCode is a great movement and the last few articles from @rrhoover raise a lot of ideas in my head. I mean, if Ryan thinks about it - then we should too.
Aaron O'Leary
@emilyjsnowdon @rrhoover @arthur_tkachenko Cathaton, I love it 😎I agree, no code is great, it breaks down barriers for entry into the making scene which means more makers which means more amazing products!
Adrian Cole
@emilyjsnowdon @rrhoover Excited for this. It came just in time as I have been planning a product that is perfectly inline with the social impact theme.
Emily Hodgins
@rrhoover @adrian_cole1 perfect timing Adrian! Love it when a plan falls into place. πŸ˜€
Aaron O'Leary
@emilyjsnowdon @rrhoover @adrian_cole1 Oh this is exciting! Any hints?
~spencer~
Hey everyone! My name is Spencer, super excited to tinker around with coda [ first time ever ] and see what I can come up with! I have a few ideas that finally came into my mind, so I think the tough part will be picking one to fully develop and submit, and not just make all of them lol πŸ˜… Excited to see how far this community can stretch the "no-code" limitation [ is it even fair to call it a limitation at this point with how powerful coda seems to be?! ], good luck everyone! :^)
Emily Hodgins
@stuffbyspencer Welcome Spencer! Looking forward to seeing some awesome no-code products as well. πŸ’₯
Abhilash Jain
Hey @emilyjsnowdon and everybody else :) I'm excited for this. I've signed up can I add @sidhantpanda as a team member, cant find a way to do this, TIA :)
Emily Hodgins
@sidhantpanda @findabhilash hi Abhilash and Sidhant welcome to the festival! When registering you can add 2 makers, or if you've both registered separately - no problem, you'll be able to list both of you as Makers when you come to submit.
Jim Zhou
@emilyjsnowdon Hello hello hello! Excited to see this challenge! Even though I use Python every day to solve problems I've always thought that some of the stuff I've been doing tends to over-complicate both the logic I use and the UX, and this would be a great challenge for myself on both fronts.
Emily Hodgins
@jim_zhou Hey Jim πŸ‘‹πŸ»Love that you're challenging yourself for this festival! Super excited to see what you build. πŸ› 
Dianna Allen
@emilyjsnowdon Hey everyone! I'm Dianna. Excited to join the Makers Festival with no code. I'll be entering with an app based around tea and self care/health.
Emily Hodgins
@diannamallen hi Dianna πŸ‘‹πŸ» Sounds great and something totally up my street! I am a big tea drinker and believer in prioritising self care. Very partial to a lady grey, mint or lemon and ginger. β˜•οΈ
Dianna Allen
@emilyjsnowdon Lemon tea and ginger tea <3 Can't wait for you to see my product, Remetea, would love some feedback on it if you ever get a chance :)
Emily Hodgins
@diannamallen absolutely! Big tea fan ❀️
Valia Havryliuk
@emilyjsnowdon hello everyone! I am so happy to be a part of the Makers Festival. I am looking forward to creating amazing things with coda.io!
Emily Hodgins
@valiahavruliyk Welcome Valia πŸ‘‹πŸ»
amir r
@emilyjsnowdon I am a severe Shiny Objects Syndrome patient lol ✌️. Let's hope by joining this festival I can stick to one (or maybe a couple) projects that's worth exploring!
Aaron O'Leary
@emilyjsnowdon @amirtamtam Same here! Can't wait to see what you comer up with!
Anastacia Chichigina
@emilyjsnowdon [question] Hi and thanks for this exciting event! It's motivated me to start project wich I dreamed to start for a long time :) *** Let me ask one question. I can't submit my project because "Link to Medium article" field is required. It was not mentioned in Submission Guidelines so I didn't make the article. There is an opportunity to submit project without article?
Emily Hodgins
@anasta_mova Hi Anastacia thanks for flagging. This should be optional and not prevent you from submitting your product. I'll get this fixed asap so you can submit without delay. Appreciate you reaching out on this!
Stephen Campbell
@emilyjsnowdon I'm in. Looking to revolutionize the Body of Christ (Church) as we know it with my product.
Emily Hodgins
@stephenalan welcome to the Festival Stephen!
Kesara Wimal
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Paul Danyliuk
@emilyjsnowdon Hi everyone! TBH never used Coda before, and it seems pretty confusing-slash-overwhelming right now. But I have an old idea in mind, a habit building technique I once implemented in Google Sheets and then tried to make a native mobile app for it (failed because it was my first app ever and I wasn't skilled enough at the moment, lol). I think this one will be perfect for the compo. Cheers everyone! πŸ™Œ
Evan Davies
@emilyjsnowdon @paul_danyliuk Sounds like a great use case Paul! I'm happy to help you hit the ground running with Coda - I'll send you a dm to set up some time if you're interested! A few inspirations in our Gallery here as well: https://coda.io/templates
Emily Hodgins
@paul_danyliuk Hey Paul - sounds like the perfect time to turn that sheet into an app! @evan_pryce will be able to help get you started with Coda to kick things off.
Paul Danyliuk
@emilyjsnowdon @evan_pryce have been playing around with Coda for a while and I like how it turns out! Very interesting and powerful platform. Some things require tinkering and finding workarounds (like referencing previous rows for cascaded calculations, e.g. yearly interest, or for making input forms), but overall I'm impressed. I guess it's somewhat similar to Airtable? I haven't checked that one out yet, but it's been all over the maker community, and I think their positioning is the same? Airtable is premium though β€” I'm surprised that Coda isn't, and kinda worried that if I use some features that you'll eventually decide to make premium (e.g. integrations), my doc will break. I've checked out the templates, most of which turned out to be Evan's β€” some sick job there! Would've never figured out those things were possible with Coda if not for those samples. Good timing too. I feel like I need a little side project retreat from my main hustle right now. And just a little one like that, doable in a day or two.
Justin Hales
@paul_danyliuk excited to see what you build! And thanks for the feedback. We're working on some of the workarounds you mentioned. Let me know if I can help as you're building your doc πŸ‘
Quin Caylor
Hi everyone! RN by day, founder and aspiring maker every other time. Very first time doing this. Looked over coda and seems a little complicated for someone like me with zero experience. Can I build with another no-code tool?
Emily Hodgins
@quin_caylor hi Quin! Excited to have you join the festival. Yes you can build with any no-code tool. In fact - we just asked the community for a list of their favorites and they didn't disappoint - check out some suggestions here.
Evan Davies
@quin_caylor Also happy to help you get started with Coda so you can submit for the grand prize! Will reach out directly.
Nagesh Pobbathi
@emilyjsnowdon Hi all - excited to submit to Makers Festival. We're the makers of Quest AI - a no-code platform that enables designers to convert their Figma and PSD designs into launch-ready experiences. Check it out at https://quest.ai. @andrew_jasper
Emily Hodgins
Welcome Nagesh πŸ‘‹πŸ»
Madison Taskett
@emilyjsnowdon Hi everyone! I'm a marketer by day, maker by night, currently in Lima, Peru. I can't wait to see what you all make, and I hope my wellness submission helps you let go and relax more. :)
Emily Hodgins
@taskett Lima! How exciting. Looking forward to feeling more relaxed already ;)
Aaron O'Leary
@emilyjsnowdon @taskett Hey Madison! Cant wait to see what you build, the wellness category is something I am particularly excited about!
XcALIBER8
@emilyjsnowdon Excited to be a part of this showdown. What tools will everyone be using?? I am excited to see what can be done with Bubble and Zapier!
Evan Davies
@emilyjsnowdon @c_arthur_west_iv Coda integrates with Zapier as well πŸ€—! You can see more about it here: https://zapier.com/apps/coda/int...
Chris Deuda
@emilyjsnowdon Hey everyone! I'm Chris. Excited and nervous 'cause it was my first time to join the Makers Festival plus with no code. I'll be making a tiny tools for writers habit. The tools randomly select topics from your list for your daily writing. Currently using coda as the platform. As of the moment I'm stuck in creating filters that randomly select row from the Main Table.
Evan Davies
@emilyjsnowdon @cryptobullseye Hi Chris - happy to help unblock you with Coda. I'll DM you may contact info - excited to work with you!