Build an app in two weeks to help fight covid

What is it:

It's a digital registration form to replace the logbook at public venues in Rwanda during COVID; If a COVID case is detected somewhere, it's easy to inform all the people present at that venue around the same time or after.
All the contact information can be sent to the Rwanda Biomedical Center within minutes.
With the logbook they have to manually deliver the book and contact the individuals one by one.

Maker Insight:

No-code is so powerful and accessible, a software company charges 15x more than what we charge for this.
Solving problems doesn't require any particular skills, with no-code you can build something useful in hours and not months.

One person's actions can have a positive impact on others, I started a no-code movement in my home country, we now have a community of 50+ no-coders!
It's been amazing to see how each student has their own creativity and project but the only thing missing was the ability to bring it to life.

What did I learn:

1. Speed to implement - This product example today should be a case study for how no-code can be a game-changer. I'm blown away at how great idea of a solution this. And the fact that no-code tools were used to create it is fascinating. What's impressive about the full implementation is speed. Nadia and her No Code Campus team went from pilot to full national launch in 3 weeks. In a time of crisis this so inspiring to see how they were able to put this together.

No-code is great obviously because it reduces your time to build. But an additional benefit is that it allows you to focus on other things like executing a plan for implementation.

Often I talk about how building with no-code allows you to build and market as a Solo Maker. In this example, for a B2B solution it allows you to focus your time and resources on executing and getting your product out into the market to be used. This is essential when you're going against competition. If you're looking to get an edge within your business niche, now is the time to use no-code to your advantage. No-code is still new and not mainstream yet. Now is the time you can achieve outsized gains when using tools that allow you to execute faster. In business and life, you'll take every advantage you can get.

2. Technology used - It works like this. The problem is the old way of doing things, having a paper and pen sign in increases the spread of disease.

Why isn't there a solution that allows a hands free checkin?

Nadia and her team used Signtech Forms to allow each place of business to have their own QR code. When a customer arrives for check in, instead of signing a paper form, they use their form for the QR code that is printed out. Then an form is accessible through their web browser. This form allows for all the key information to be collected, including a digital signature.

A little bit more about this form tool: What is Signtech? Paperless Forms. It "instantly creates paperless workflows for completing on smartphones, tablets and PCs. The image of your forms and the associated metadata are all captured, privately stored - ready for processing, analysis and reporting"

No-code is great if you have knowledge about all the different tools to use for particular use cases. If you don't know then no-code is of no use to you because then you'll have to code a solution.

3. Dashboard - On the back end of this new sign in workflow is all of the information digitally submitted and accessible into an easily exportable dashboard. Now, data becomes much more readable, complete (online forms can prevent submission if there is a required field) and no double re entry into a system. It's already there instantly. This is massively helpful in a situation where contact tracing may need to be applied. Each commercial venue can get a customized dashboard. This is an excellent way to put in pricing tiers and offer different layers of support to help the needs of different sizes of businesses.