Nick Pardo

ex-@airtable, now #nocode and #airtable enthusiast, builder and consultant.

[Nick Pardo @nickpardo]

🎙 Who I am/why I'm here/how I can help you ⬇️ Allow me to introduce myself! I first started playing with @airtable in early 2017, and I distinctly remember that a-ha moment where I realized the incredible power hidden below its colorful, friendly UI. 🧵

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H/T to the great @EvanHahn who helped me understand this when he saw me debugging a complex formula in Airtable and said - “You are programming. Nobody can say this isn’t programming.”

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-Doing all of this with an eye towards usability, scalability, and trade offs of the approach chosen.

No code is more approachable than code, of course, and easier to learn incrementally, but building at a high level is not a “click and drag” experience (at least not yet).

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-Building front-ends and designing a user experience and workflow
-Structuring, manipulating and transforming datasets
-Interfacing with API’s and other tools
-Doing QA and testing

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Let’s clear something up - No code doesn’t mean not technical. It’s a different toolset, but leverages the same underlying skills any software engineer would.
At Coefficient, we work in no-code tools for a living, and have for years- in every single thing we do we are:

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-Digging into our user’s needs to understand their business, team, goals and pain points
-Designing databases correctly and thoughtfully (and occasionally "breaking the rules" in a controlled way)
-Leveraging complex if/then logic

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@aronkor @airtable Let's do this!! I love it.

[Aron Korenblit @aronkor]

Don't even talk to me about AI until you can prove to me that your most crucial workflows aren't run in spreadsheets

rant over

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@zachweinberg @dlevine815 See what happens when you're off twitter for a few days? Shot you a DM, @zachweinberg . Thanks @dlevine815 @mdolon for the kind words.

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@nonmayorpete @caffeinatedwes @RarelyDecaf Thanks @nonmayorpete !! Dropping you a line @caffeinatedwes

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@nocodeops @CCafeo @PhilipLakin Cool!! Excited to hear it!!

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Thanks to @CCafeo @PhilipLakin and @nocodeops for having me on the first episode of Spot an Op! Had a great time chatting and looking forward to our next conversation!

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Operators are doing the hard work without the recognition ya'll deserve!

Today, we launch our new series - Spot-an-op - where we reach out to our favorite ops and ask them to share their experiences.

First out: @nickpardo

Tag an operator you'd like to know more about 👇

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@PortantApp @MarieMartens @TallyForms Thanks for the recommendations! To be clear - my back end, front end, and everything else are dialed, no need for form collection. I need the ability to create templates with custom fields, then use Zapier to fill those fields & route for signatures.

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Working on a @zapier powered e-signature workflow - I tried @DocuSign and it seems limited and janky (having issues with roles, custom fields, multiple signers and other bugs). I've used @HelloSign and loved it but the API plan is $$$. Advice or other tools I should look at?

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@gavin_wiener @seanpritzkau @caffeinatedwes @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign @eSignaturesIO Thanks for the recommendations! To be clear - my back end, front end, and everything else are dialed- so I think @Jotform or similar are overkill. I need is the ability to create templates with custom fields, then use Zapier to fill those fields & route for signatures.

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@earthlingworks @willking @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign @SignWellApp Awesome! I'll check it out. Thanks a lot!

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@seanpritzkau @caffeinatedwes @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign @eSignaturesIO Thanks! I'll check it out!

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@mxvalenteflores @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign Thanks! I'll give it a try!

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@MichaelRouveure @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign @geteversign Cool! I'll give it a shot!

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@christina1cheng @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign @pandadoc @Jotform Jotform is a little pricey too - I've heard @pandadoc is a little overly complex but i'll give it a spin tomorrow!

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@aronkor @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign Ofc! Hit me up if you want more detail.

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@carolinesyrup @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign Hah thanks for saving me the time! I’ve used hellosign before so I’m more or less aware of what I need to do here but just expected better from @DocuSign