No-Code & Automation
Build apps and automate work without (much) code - Zapier, Make, n8n, Airtable, Retool, and the enterprise low-code platforms. For founders, ops, analysts, and anyone who'd rather ship than wait for engineering.
Concepts 2
No-Code, Low-Code, or Code? When to reach for a no-code tool, when low-code earns its keep, and when you should write code yourself - a clear-eyed decision framework, not a sales pitch.
Automation: Triggers & Actions The trigger-and-action mental model that every automation tool (Zapier, Make, n8n, Power Automate) is built on - learn it once and they all click.
Automation 4
Zapier Connect the apps you already use with no code: build Zaps from a trigger and actions, add filters and paths, and avoid the task-limit and duplicate-run traps.
Make The visual, operations-priced automation tool (formerly Integromat): build scenarios from modules, map and transform arrays, and handle errors deliberately.
n8n The open-source, self-hostable automation tool that lets you drop to code when you need to - nodes and workflows, credentials, and real automations including AI steps.
Power Automate Microsoft's automation tool that lives where your work already is (365, Teams, SharePoint): cloud flows, connectors and approvals, plus desktop RPA and its governance limits.
App Builders 3
Airtable The spreadsheet that is really a database: bases, fields and linked records, views, built-in automations, and Interfaces - plus the point where it stops being the right tool.
Retool Build internal tools and admin panels fast by dragging components onto real data sources, wiring queries and state - then ship them with auth and deployment that hold up.
Webflow Design and ship professional marketing sites without hand-coding HTML/CSS: the visual canvas that maps to real web concepts, a built-in CMS, and hosting/SEO realities.
Enterprise Low-Code 1
OutSystems & Mendix The two enterprise low-code platforms that show up in big-company job postings: what they actually are, what a real project looks like, and the lock-in and cost to weigh.