Hola Reader It's been a while! I've been busy working on multiple Glide projects. However, this time, I'm writing for another reason... I want to share a new project that I've been working on over the last couple of months, and I hope some of you find it fun and interesting. You may not know this about me, but I've been an avid LEGO builder and soccer fan for as long as I can remember. So what I've come up with was bound to happen sooner or later... I've created something that combines the...
27 days ago • 1 min read
Reader! This is a quick email to showcase my latest project with Glide. (Glide is a platform to build custom software without coding) The client sells thousands of tickets of major holidays in the US and needed to replace their existing ticket scanning tool with a custom solution. They found me via my YouTube channel and hired me to build their solution using Glide. In just two weeks, I was able to create a fully featured ticket scanning solution to their exact specifications. They did an...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Reader! There are two ways to get started building apps with Glide. Way 1: Start from scratch. Way 2: Don't start from scratch. Typically, Way 2 is the best option as it can save considerable development time. But, how do you get started with Way 2? Step 1: Create a Glide account for free → HERE Step 2: Choose a template that matches the type of app you want to build. Glide offers hundreds of free and paid templates on their template store. However, in my experience, many of those templates...
10 months ago • 1 min read
Reader! I've been building custom software solutions with Glide for almost four years. If you're new to my newsletter and unfamiliar with Glide, let me quickly explain. Glide is a tool that allows anyone to build apps very quickly without needing to know how to code. It is now used by tens of thousands of developers and businesses worldwide, with over 1 million apps deployed. Glide is optimized for creating business-oriented apps. Some typical apps that can be quickly built with Glide include...
10 months ago • 1 min read
Reader! I keep testing the limits of Glide + generative AI. It turns out, ChatGPT can generate pretty good multiple-choice quizzes on almost any subject matter you can think of. Not only that, you can upload a PDF or link to an online article and it can quiz you on it too. The challenge was to encapsulate that functionality on a proper app using Glide. After several days tinkering with the logic, I'm happy to announce I managed to get it all working. I'm calling this new Glide template...
12 months ago • 1 min read
Reader! Another week, another Glide template! Glide is a great tool to build apps to manage teams and workflows. A very common request I get is to build apps to assign specific checklists to workers. This is a typical requirement for property management/inspection companies where crews have to complete a specific set of tasks every time they visit a location. Well, now you can streamline your cleaning or inspection processes with my new checklists Glide app template. This template allows you...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Reader! Another week, another Glide template that leverages AI to do cool things... CardAI is a fully-customizable Glide template that uses AI to extract contact details from business cards. This is a great template to learn how to leverage AI to analyze and extract data from images using artificial intelligence. You can use the same logic used in this template to extract data from recipes or any other image or photo containing readable text. Welcome to the no-code AI revolution! Check out...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Reader! Last week, I showed you how you can use Glide + OpenAI to extract data from a PDF and generate online forms automatically. This week, I used a similar technique to analyze resumes to help automate candidate selection. As usual, I created a Glide template that showcases this cool functionality... RecruitAI is an AI-Powered applicant tracker template made with Glide that uses OpenAI to help select the best candidates for a given position. The template comes ready many cool features:...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Reader! I keep finding new uses for AI + Glide. My latest tests demonstrate that it's possible to get OpenAI to extract forms from PDFs and use Glide to convert the PDF into online forms automagically! As usual, I created a Glide template that showcases this cool functionality... Formify is a Glide template that uses AI to convert any PDF form into an online form or generate forms by simply describing the form with a bit of text. The template allows users to modify the generated forms...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read