Episode 22: Mariam Hakobyan and Softr

In this episode, we dive into new things from Glide, Webflow, and Makerpad in our no-code roundup. Then, Lacey has a great talk with Mariam Hakobyan about her no-code tool Softr and her career in tech.

Show Notes

  • 0:20 - Intro
  • 0:44 - Lacey's Interview with Parabola's Team
  • 1:20 - Zapier allows for sharing Zaps now!
  • 1:48 - NoCodeJac's Tweet
  • 1:49 - Zapier's Tweet
  • 1:54 - Coda collab'd with Wade Foster of Zapier on Running Distributed Staff Meetings
  • 2:32 - Glide Update ー you can now edit conditions (i.e., allow users to only edit their own profile)
  • 3:29 - Matt mentions similarity to Stacker's Permissions
  • 5:14 - Julius's build re: Election Primaries in Coda
  • 5:45 - Julius's Twitter
  • 5:53 - Webflow was recognized by Fast Company for Design - #2, just behind Nike!
  • 7:53 - Coda was recognized by Fast Company for Innovation in the Workplace! (#6)
  • 8:23 - Joshua Tiernan launched MAKRS.io - a portfolio for Makers
  • 9:16 - Makerpad had a Coda workshop this week
  • 9:47 - YoRoomie / Mike Williams re-launched Thinkbox
  • 11:01 - Mike built StudioTime.io
  • 11:26 - Mike's Twitter Thread
  • 11:27 - Webflow Updates: Webflow launches OR Filtering
  • 13:51 - Tom Osman (Makerpad) is hosting a Bubble Workshop
  • 14:22 - Chris Spags of Jetboost.io shared a video about JetBoost in the Webflow Designer
  • 15:18 - Chris built a flow in Parabola to convert a Webflow Collection text field into multi-reference fields
  • 16:00 - Joe Brown of NuCode joined the #100DaysofNoCode Challenge
  • 16:40 - No Code Rumble is still going on! (@nocoderumble)
  • 17:27 - Lacey wants know where other no-coders are hanging out, social-media wise!
  • 19:23 - Lacey Introduces Mariam, the founder of Softr.io
  • 19:49 - Mariam shares her background and how she got into software development
  • 20:24 - Mariam talks about how much hard work it is to be an entrepreneur because it's not just building your product
  • 20:44 - Mariam's interest piqued in tech when she took a basic programming class in school
  • 21:20 - learned a lot from her dad, as well as learning math and computer science in school
  • 21:42 - Lacey asks Mariam about whether or not it was common place to be a woman in tech
  • 22:14 - Mariam's unique tech experience and the gender differences
  • 22:49 - Mariam's father encouraged to become anyone she wants, which was a basis for her to go in that direction
  • 23:24 - Mariam's favorite thing she loves about software development
  • 24:22 - Technology is an enabler for our lives today
  • 24:52 - Tech pays you learn and grow while getting paid
  • 26:00 - Mariam shares about her no code platform, Softr.io
  • 26:36 - 70% of web apps are built the same and companies are just reinventing the wheel
  • 27:09 - 1.4 million software jobs created and only 400 thousand software engineers
  • 27:54 - Softr.io creates building blocks that is unique to each business, with only a fraction of the cost compared to a high ranking engineer
  • 28:27 - Is this the first company Mariam founded?
  • 29:00 - What prompted Mariam to get involved in the no code space?
  • 30:00 - Who should use Softr.io?
  • 30:25 - How large is the Softr.io team?
  • 30:46 - Mariam shares about her process for finding developers to help her build Softri.io
  • 31:20 - Engineers love problems
  • 32: 28 - How can the no code movement encourage developers to join?
  • 32:44 - Why developers are skeptical about the no code movement?
  • 33:29 - Fears that engineers have about no code
  • 34:00 - Things engineers will love about no code
  • 34:51 - Again, everyone agrees "no code" isn't the best way to describe it
  • 35:44 - What is missing in the no code movement?
  • 36:00 - Mariam wants to see more no code tools that don't require a big learning curve
  • 36:45 - Lacey shares how no code platforms can improve
  • 37:21 - What are good ways for people to get involved into the no code movement to reach other people?
  • 38:33 - Software education is complex and can't keep up with the pace of advancements - tech is holding people back from moving fast
  • 38:56 - Mariam is very excited about Visual Dev School
  • 39:32 - Softr.io is releasing soon!
  • 40:42 - Is Mariam the only woman in the no code space building a no code tool?

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