How to use no-code tools in everyday life

No-code and productivity tools are thriving in today’s corporate landscape. They enable the creation of apps without coding, the publication of websites through simple drag-and-drop interfaces, and the automation of email campaigns to reach thousands of recipients. These tools have revolutionized professional workflows. But what about your daily life?

Imagine a world where everything goes according to plan, from managing bills to achieving work-life balance and pursuing future goals. To ensure that each day brings you closer to your dreams, you rely on a combination of productivity and no-code apps. Let’s take a closer look at how your day might unfold if you were to use these tools to get more organized.

7:00 - Wake up, sleepyhead!

Your day always starts with a cup of black coffee (no sugar!) and 10 minutes of planning. You use Cloverapp, a digital notebook that combines notes, tasks, whiteboards, and a daily planner, to set your goals for the day, wrap up unfinished tasks from yesterday, and track your progress towards conquering the world.

For this, you use Cloverapp, a digital notebook that blends notes, tasks, whiteboards, and a daily planner.

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8:00 - Off to work

During your long commute, you make the most of your time by reading. You curate a reading list using Notion, where you can record your progress, ratings, and opinions. This allows you to easily review your thoughts on each piece of writing and track your reading journey.

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9.00 - The office

Once you arrive at the office, your focus is on creative tasks, as small and repetitive tasks have been automated by various apps. For sending emails, you rely on Mailchimp, a no-code marketing platform that offers email marketing, social media management, advertisement creation, and landing page design. With pre-built templates and integrated features, you can create beautiful emails without any coding knowledge.

You send emails through Mailchimp, a no-code marketing platform for businesses. MailChimp originally started with email marketing only, but expanded to a complete social media, advertisement, and landing page management tool. You don’t have to think about creating templates or organizing social media campaigns since all these features are already available within the app. Again, no coding is needed to create a beautiful email.

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To streamline your workflow, you use Zapier, an automation platform that connects over 4,000 apps. With Zapier, you can create trigger-based action plans to notify yourself and your teammates about new leads on Slack, send out initial letters to warm up leads, and automatically add them to your newsletter list. This saves you valuable time and eliminates the need for manual data entry.

You create zaps to notify you and your teammates about new leads on Slack as well as keep the leads warm by sending out an initial letter automatically. Those leads are also added to the newsletter list. This saves you a ton of time as you don’t need to add them manually.

If you need to create new forms quickly, platforms like Typeform come in handy. In just a few minutes, you can design and deploy forms to gather information efficiently.

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By the end of the day, you’ve managed to complete your complex content plan because other tasks have been taken care of by these automated tools.

16:00 - Shopping time

After enjoying a delicious dinner, you sit down to budget your expenses. To keep track of every penny, you use the You Need A Budget (YNAB) app. By monitoring your spending and income, you ensure that your big dreams are supported by sound financial management.

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17:00 - Freelance time

With your main job completed, it’s time to earn some extra cash through freelancing. You enjoy creating websites for small startups during your free time. For website assembly, you rely on Webflow, and for data management, you use Baserow. By integrating these two apps through APIs, you can easily set up lead generation, analytics, and other essential features tailored to each startup’s needs.

For example, you can connect this trigger and get a new lead added to the Baserow database as soon as they appear.

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Or, these few triggers will allow you to make changes to the E-commerce assortment database and they will instantly be applied on the website (change the order of the items, delete items, update the list respectively).

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Creating a website is no easy job — sometimes lots of tasks are involved, and lots of people are engaged. Pretty easy to get your head dizzy, and memory stretched beyond possible. So, in such instances, you can also use Baserow for project management and task tracking.

To manage complex website projects and track tasks, you also utilize Baserow’s project management and task tracking capabilities. With a project management template, you can structure your projects for increased efficiency and timely completion.

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With no-code platforms like Baserow, you can work on elaborate databases and leverage a wide range of powerful features, including high-volume data handling, advanced filters, API integration, various import and export formats, Airtable import, form view, kanban view, gallery view, public view sharing, permission-based API tokens, and user-friendly formulas. These functionalities make your life easier and empower you to accomplish more.

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21:00 - Time for a snack

Kitche is another app you enjoy using. It helps you track the food in your kitchen, minimizing waste and maximizing efficiency. After enjoying some snacks, you meticulously update the app to keep track of what’s missing and what you need to buy.

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22:00 - Relaxation and bedtime

Before going to bed, you like to read articles that you saved in Pocket throughout the day. Pocket integrates seamlessly with your browser and mobile app, allowing you to save articles for later. Now, you can indulge in reading until sleep takes you into the world of dreams.

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In conclusion, we live in an era where a variety of no-code and productivity apps can simplify our lives. Whether you’re managing a business or pursuing personal goals, these tools offer simplicity and efficiency. You don’t need a multitude of apps for every purpose; even a single app can help you create a website for your cooking courses. No-code tools are gaining popularity for their ease of use and their ability to enhance both professional and personal endeavors.


If you do not want to scatter your life across multiple apps, but still need some order in your life — try Baserow. The variety of ready-to-use templates will allow you to do everything mentioned before and more.