After studying abroad at the University of Technology in Malaysia, Anwar Ahmed AL-Haddad returned home to Yemen. But while Anwar was away, Yemen had changed. Coming Home to a Revolution In 2011, a revolution and civil war had claimed thousands of lives throughout Yemen. And airstrikes and fighting destroyed significant portions of the electrical grid, …
30 no-code and low-code tools for your next project
It used to be that you needed to be technical yourself or find a technical co-founder to build any kind of complex software applications. There’s a thriving business of web development agencies that charge hefty fees to build products – sometimes just simple MVPs – for founders that do not have the technical knowledge to …
Self-learning for makers
MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) are a boon to us, self-learners. Lectures from the world’s best professors brought straight to your hands, no matter what corner of the earth you live in – isn’t that the recipe for disrupting world-class education and democratizing it to the entire world? A 2019 study using data on MOOCs provided …
The story of CouponBirds: from 0 to 50 million users in 4 years
Everyone loves to be able to get the best products at the best price. Coupons and discounts have been popular tactics for merchants and brands to attract users and drive sales, and they can even help in building brand awareness and customer loyalty. Research indicates that 90% of consumers want to use coupons and deals …
Leaving the nine-to-five for no-code
I’m Drew Thomas, from Austin, Texas, USA. I have officially been an entrepreneur since I was 19, when I co-founded a digital agency in Philadelphia. It grew to around 20 people before I left, and they’re still going strong. Since then, I’ve been consulting and making independent products under the name Work and Whistle. Being …
How I launched a profitable job board with no-code tools in 3 weeks
I studied marketing in college in San Diego, California. In the beginning of my last semester of college, I was applying to jobs like a mad man. Searching through LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Google, Twitter… Looking for anything that would get me started with a career in marketing. One time I landed a phone interview with a …
Bootstrapping a SaaS: from MVP to automated product
Years ago, I was certain that I was going to become a famous musician and recording studio owner. And before that, a pro skateboarder. My path and the trajectory of how I got to where I am is a bit of a winding path. But before immersing myself deeper into marketing, web development, and a …
Scratching my own itch: how I built a job board for myself
I have been doing contract development for seven years, and mucking about with software for as long as I can remember. When I started contracting, I was coming straight out of university. Although I didn’t have much professional experience, I had been coding since I was twelve years old and had built countless projects, so …
Creating a decentralized inbox
I think some technologies can help people get their privacy back and stop others from using users’ private information without their permission. I think this is what blockchain can do for humanity. I’m a maker based in Cairo, Egypt. I have twenty years of experience in the information technology and computer engineering industry, working on …
Replacing Google products with more ethical alternatives
For more than a decade I used a variety of products made by Google. Their products and services are reliable, intuitive, and often free to use. Like many other programmers, I really looked up to the company and followed their rapid rise to one of the biggest companies in the world. However, I do remember …