Trends in No Code

Dru Riley — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:49:34 +0000

I've been doing weekly write ups on new markets and ideas.

Would love your feedback on the latest one. Trends #0006 — No Code

🔍 Problem

Developers are lazy and curious. Repetitive tasks annoy them.

💡 Solution

No-Code tools help you build things without writing code. Blogs, forums, mobile apps, online stores and a lot more can be built without knowing how to code.

The life of a no-code tool starts with developers solving their own problems.

Most no-code tools share this path 👇

Developers write reusable functions to write less code
Then they create frameworks to write even less code
Then they deploy APIs to help others write less code
Then they create no code tools to help others write no code

🏁 Players

No-Code Products

RandomPizza --- by Whit Anderson
Writers Compound --- by KP
Qoins --- by Nate Washington and Christian Alexander
Cuppa --- by KP
Coffee for Closers --- by Vik Duggal
Pastryy --- by Aj Picard
NoCode GIFs --- by Ash
Hey Marketers --- by Corey Haines
Channels Stack --- by Alexander Olssen
Pemvee --- by Arjun Mahadevan

No-Code Makers

No-Code Tools

🔮 Predictions

No-Code Developer (or some variation) will become a common job title.
No-Code will become a gateway drug for makers to start coding.
No-Code ➡ Low-Code ➡ Code --- New businesses will follow this path. Mature companies will have all three.

☁️ Opportunities

Build a no-code tool to create chrome extensions
Host a no-code virtual summit
Host a no-code hackathon
Join a no-code community
Start a no-code blog or newsletter
Start a no-code investment fund
Build a no-code agency

😠 Haters

"You can't build a business on no-code."
I wrote Million Dollar No Code Businesses to dismiss this. It doesn't matter what we think because it has already happened.

"No-Code can't scale."
Most no-code tools can scale but it doesn't matter. Scaling isn't the hard part. Traction is. Once you validate demand, I'll come scale it for you. 💰👀

"No-Code will eliminate developer jobs."
I won't argue. DM me a falsifiable theory and your confidence level. Let's make a bet.

🔗 Links

CodeLess --- A podcast by Edmund Amoye
Let's clear some stuff up about 'no-code' --- A tweetstorm by Ben Tossell
No-Code Coffee --- A newsletter by Michael Gill
The Rise of "No Code" --- An examination of the no-code movement by Ryan Hoover
NoCode Camp --- A mastermind by KP and Joe Brown
MakerPad --- An education platform by Ben Tossell
Codeless Ventures --- An investment fund by Michael Gill
No Code List --- A list of tools by Drew Thomas
Nocode Rumble --- A challenge by Sako and Michael Gill
No Code Founders --- A community of makers by Joshua Tiernan

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Trends in No Code