No Code
summary
Argues that writing less code increases leverage and lists concrete tactics: try the task manually until pain reveals a better path; adopt off‑the‑shelf platforms—moves a content business onto WordPress with a strict rule of no code to sell or deliver content and pays for pro support; design scripts to externalize intermediate state (rake tasks that write files so fields can be filled manually); prototype with spreadsheets/Word and paper, then automate only the proven parts.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 1:52FENCE POST DRIVER
- 4:48TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
- 5:17TO EFFECT CHANGE IN THE WORLD
- 12:06AVOID CODE
- 18:45EMBRACE COMMODITIES
- 30:40LOOK FOR PARTIAL SOLUTIONS
- 35:00CODE ASA COLLABORATOR
- 45:04HACKERS
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