Nick Pardo

🎙 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. 🧵

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.”

-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).

-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

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:

-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

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

Okay finally moved in and slowly getting back into the content game. One idea I've been scratching: base reviews. You send me your base and I give you feedback on it while recording (I'll anonymize the data) Would you be interested in getting your @airtable base reviewed?

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

@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.

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

@caffeinatedwes @RarelyDecaf @nickpardo

I occasionally receive leads at @RarelyDecaf for no-code projects that I don't take on. I started sending out these leads to a list of freelancers and contractors I keep on file. If you'd like to receive this and potentially others in the future: airtable.com/shr5mPpQP9w9nS…

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

@nickpardo @CCafeo @PhilipLakin Soo much good stuff! Don't worry - we have a bunch of other videos from this conversation in the pipeline!

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!

@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.

@MarieMartens @nickpardo @TallyForms Yeah it could! We got you Nick 🤜🤛

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?

@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.

@seanpritzkau @caffeinatedwes @nickpardo @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign @eSignaturesIO Yup, I was going to post this Helping a client with PandaDoc at the moment, and that works fine But esignatures I find handles variables and placeholders via Zapier so much more easily than PandaDoc

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

@willking @nickpardo @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign @SignWellApp Thanks! Our API is fully featured and easy to work with. API pricing is pay as you go and free for the first 25 docs/month and very affordable after that: signwell.com/api-pricing/

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

@caffeinatedwes @nickpardo @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign @eSignaturesIO +1 for esignatures.io!

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

@nickpardo @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign Try zapsign

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

@nickpardo @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign @geteversign is the way to go.

@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!

@nickpardo @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign Check out @pandadoc ? They seam to also have their own workflows. Another idea is to use @Jotform

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

@nickpardo @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign Mind if I share this in an upcoming newsletter? I’m going to share weekly automation challenges

@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

@nickpardo @zapier @DocuSign @HelloSign Wish I had a better answer for you, but I ran into the same issues in Jan. Eventually settled for HelloSign even though their plan structure and support make me want to pull my hair out. 🙃