Welcome to Makers Festival, the "No Code Edition."

@emilyjsnowdon Yay! Thanks for setting this up Product Hunt. I'm looking forward to making a "no code" product.

@gemmaangelina Hey Gemma! So happy that you're joining this Festival. What category are you going for?

@emilyjsnowdon Hello Emily, we've already met many times before 😄 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.

@bentossell BEN!!!! 🙌🏻👋🏻 Welcome 😀

@emilyjsnowdon this is a great competition for designers that got their start in non-tech design! evens the playing field. taj!

Yay! @rrhoover @emilyjsnowdon absolutely love the idea of a "no code" product. Looking forward to this year's @producthunt #MakersFest

@rrhoover @producthunt @thedreamydryad Yay! So excited you're joining the Festival Sandhya 🙌🏻Can't wait to see what you build.

@thedreamydryad glad you're joining us :)

@rrhoover @emilyjsnowdon : Super excited! I have been toying with an idea for long. Hoping this will help me put it to work :)

@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 :)

@irmatable hi Irma so excited you're joining the Makers Festival! Do you have an idea of what you're going to build yet?

@emilyjsnowdon Hi! Yes, I have an idea I've been working on the side and haven't bit the bullet yet on as I've been gathering the content for it. I'm excited that this festival is happening to push over the line and get started on making it.

@_justirma nice! Glad the festival is coming at the right time to help you execute on your idea. Can't wait to see it!

@rrhoover @adrian_cole1 perfect timing Adrian! Love it when a plan falls into place. 😀

@emilyjsnowdon @rrhoover @adrian_cole1 Oh this is exciting! Any hints?

@ganesh_bhat Hey Ganesh. Absolutely. Here is a link to some additional information about Coda. I'm also looping in @evan_pryce from the Coda team.

@ganesh_bhat @emilyjsnowdon Happy to help! Ganesh feel free to add any questions to our discussion thread here and my team will get you quick answers: https://www.producthunt.com/make... Also feel free to email help@coda.io for 1:1 help as you get started 🤗

@taskett Lima! How exciting. Looking forward to feeling more relaxed already ;)

@emilyjsnowdon @taskett Hey Madison! Cant wait to see what you build, the wellness category is something I am particularly excited about!

@evan_pryce Hi everyone 👋 I'm happy to answer questions about Coda if you get stuck. Happy building!

@evan_pryce Maria Marquis here - also from Coda and standing by to offer assistance! Looking forward to seeing your amazing creations!

@evan_pryce Can you maybe help me with the following challenge? I have several interview transcripts and I would like to analyze those by highlighting certain snippets and give them a tag. So for example the interviewee has said "Building apps takes a long time" and I want to tag this with "effort" and resue this tag later on other text snippets. Functionality is similar to https://atlasti.com. Is something like this possible with Coda?

@oliphant sounds like a really cool use case for Coda! I just sent you a direct message to connect further

@evan_pryce @justin_hales Hi Justin! I love Coda but am brand new to it. I have a #Tools for Teams project I'd like to try, but could use huge help breaking it down into its Coda bits. How/where most appropriate to describe project in more detail? Thanks!

@stephenalan welcome to the Festival Stephen!

@diannamallen hi Dianna 👋🏻 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. ☕️

@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 :)

@diannamallen absolutely! Big tea fan ❤️

@kharibaker YES! I'm really excited by the Life Hack category. I love anything that makes my life easier. Know what type of life hack you're going to focus on yet?

@emilyjsnowdon the #LifeHack I’m building is based on incentives focused around #MicroFeedBack

@kharibaker Oh interesting! Looking forward to checking it out when submissions open.

@emilyjsnowdon @el_hadj_chikhaoui Excited to have you join this! Yes all you need to do is head to coda.io to sign up. Take a look through the Gallery (https://coda.io/templates) for inspiration, and use this doc to track your progress and plan your submission (https://coda.io/t/_te6h7JnfEF9). Let me know if you need any help as you get started by emailing help@coda.io, or posting in the discussion!

@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!

@emilyjsnowdon @amirtamtam Same here! Can't wait to see what you comer up with!

@amirtamtam I know the feeling! Excited to see what you build 👍

@christine_parfitt hi Christine - glad we can help feed your Coda addiction 😃What type of docs have you already built?

@emilyjsnowdon 1. a minimalist crm which essentially just has next steps for each client 2. what's in my fridge so I can keep track and link to recipes 3. a more substantial app for a planting festival - 12 teams will plant trees in 12 areas on a 500 acre site. The app is for the support team to manage delivery to each site and for the team leaders to submit reports and log any incidents :))

@christine_parfitt Oh wow I love that! The planting festival sounds wonderful. A great initiative to be supporting with an app to manage logistics. (I should have an app for what's in my fridge but it wouldn't tell a great story right now 🙈). Excited to see what you build for the Festival. 🛠

@christine_parfitt how is your minimalist CRM going? Excited to see what you build!

@kiran_n_raja @kiran_n_raja Hey there! You can only submit one app, drop us a message in support about which category you want it to be in! :)

@ajoke_emekene Welcome 👋🏻Yes! I'm excited that you've joined. What category are you most interested in?

@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.

@quin_caylor Also happy to help you get started with Coda so you can submit for the grand prize! Will reach out directly.

@emilyjsnowdon awesome. Thanks!

@evan_pryce Sounds good!

@gurpal_singh_kalra1 Awesome Gurpal! Excited to have you join the festival. 🙌🏻

@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.

@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

@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.

@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 — 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 — 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.

@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 👍