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No-Code News - Wk 1 2026

Sorry for the delayNo-Code News Week 46 is here — covering the biggest updates across OpenAI 5.1, Notion 3.0, ElevenLabs, Softr, Bubble.io, n8n community nodes, Zapier’s enterprise AI survey, and the open-source tools that keep gaining momentum like OpenWebUI, NOCOBase, Skyvern, and LocalAI.If you’re a freelancer, founder, or anyone building workflows with no-code and AI, this episode highlights the tools, trends, and open-source projects that matter right now. Episode Title: No-Code News Week 46 (2025)Length: ~10 minutesHost: Alfred NutileThis week’s no-code news covers the breakthroughs, releases, and trending open-source tools shaping how freelancers, founders, and teams build automation without writing code. From new AI capabilities to workflow platforms and fast-moving GitHub projects, here’s what stands out this week.⏱️ Episode Chapters00:00 – Intro00:28 – OpenAI 5.1 (speed boost + better for automations)01:00 – Notion 3.0 goes agentic02:00 – ElevenLabs expands video + image capabilities02:50 – n8n Comm

No-Code News: Week 44 RoundupWatch the full video: Week 44 No-Code News on YouTubeThis week brought some of the biggest announcements in no-code and AI automation. Here's your quick rundown of what matters:

https://youtu.be/VVQIOUfC3DAJoin Roberto and Alfred as they explore the latest in AI-driven development, sharing their experiences with tools like Bolt, Cursor, and n8n. Discover the power of no-code and low-code strategies, the challenges and innovations in the field, and insights into the future of AI in software development.Links

I had a great chat with Roberto Gongora about the fast-evolving landscape of software development in the age of AI and no-code. We dove into the real challenges and opportunities of working with AI-generated code, and how tools like N8n and SuperBase are changing the game. It's a shift from hands-on building to "supervising" ai, and we covered how to navigate this new era with practical strategies and the skills you'll need.Links

Here is a summary of the comparison between n8n and ActivePieces, emphasizing the key points for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and SaaS product development:n8n utilizes a "Sustainable Use License" which is free for internal business and non-commercial use, including node creation, consulting, and support. However, it restricts commercial hosting, white-labeling, and building products where users connect their own credentials to external services without an enterprise license. The core version is free, but enterprise licenses for broader commercial use start at $25,000 per year.ActivePieces, on the other hand, uses an open-core model with the core functionalities under the MIT license. This allows for greater freedom, including commercial use and self-hosting without limitations. A free community edition is available with essential features. However, certain enterprise features and cloud usage have limitations unless you pay for a commercial license.Target audience: n8n is more developer-centric, while ActivePie

In this episode, I sit down with Roberto Gongora, a developer I've worked with since our Pfizer days, to explore how AI and no-code tools are reshaping our approach to development in 2024. We dive into a recent project where Roberto used n8N instead of traditional Laravel for building an API backend - a decision that not only saved time but made the entire system easier to maintain and debug.What's fascinating is how Roberto's perspective on development is evolving. Rather than getting lost in complex code implementations, he's finding himself spending more time understanding business problems and letting AI handle the heavy lifting. We explore his experience with n8N's visual workflow system for API integration, how it simplified debugging compared to traditional logging systems, and why sometimes the "coder's instinct" to build everything from scratch might not be the best approach anymore.As we look toward 2025, Roberto shares his prediction that while coding isn't going away, a developer's role is shiftin

Read more at https://sundance-solutions.mailcoach.app/php-and-llmsLots of things going on that I want to share below.PHP and LLMs Marketing Assistant Chapter ReleasedThis really is an automations chapter and a lot to learn about how to automate so many tasks.https://bit.ly/php_llmsAll the code is there too to run a Laravel Assistant for Marketing and anything else.Next chapter is runing Standard Checking type Assistant some of the key use cases areEnsure team coding standards are always in check!

Here are many of the links from this episodeAnother Coding Assistanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VkR9Sj_dOcPlus a good Youtuber to watch imoLaravel News Interview with Me about LLMs!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRG_eZJ0CnQOne thing that came after the interview was a conversation with Eric and we found more then one way to help automate some of his more tedious daily tasks.For example he gets numerous URLs sent to him daily that he has to verify are not spam. With just a little LLM prompting we can do the following.Get the page from the urlSee if the page is a valid technology article related to Laravel, PHP etcIf it is then mark the link as approved if not mark the link as spam!Of course it will take some prompt tweaking to get it right but in time as trust is built up he will no longer have to do this task.Open-Source LLM with Vision Llama3.2!https://ai.meta.com/blog/llama-3-2-connect-2024-vision-edge-mobile-devices/The Best RAG Technique Yet? Anthropic’s Contextual Retrieval Explained!This has shown

News & Other Happenings Al (tool/app) [CGR] https://github.com/alnutile/cli_skel great command line starter library for PHP with a focus on testing, CI and code quality NK: How Can We Optimize AI for the Greatest Good, Instead of Profit? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608049/how-can-we-optimize-ai-for-the-greatest-good-instead-of-profit Al: PHPArchitect - June 2017 Protocol Buffers by Christopher Mancini https://github.com/christophermancini/protobuf-php-performance NK: Laravel’s Dependency Injection Container in Depth https://davejamesmiller.com/2017/06/15/laravel-illuminate-container-in-depth Deep Dive Tech Radar https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar Theme, microservice and machine learning Techniques Decoupling secret management from source code they did mention HashiCorp recently Legacy in a box I am always impressed when I have that experience on a site and realize how much it makes sense for most sites Progressive Web Applications Prototyping with InVision and Sketch even as a non designe

News & Other Happenings Al (tool/app) Copied – Copy and Paste Everywhere by Kevin Chang http://copiedapp.com/ Make sure to enable the keyboard NK: Intro Video to Pickle - a BDD layer on top of Dusk and PHPUnit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmA-6hnhljI&feature=youtu.be https://github.com/alnutile/pickle Al: Github moving to GraphQL https://developer.github.com/v4/ NK: IBM tells thousands of remote employees to come back to office or find new jobs https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/ibm-to-remote-workers-come-back-to-the-mothership-or-else/ Deep Dive Do not fear the Queue Queue usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_queue The many levels it can benefit your workflow and how you solve problems Use Cases Parallel tasks Connect two different languages with json Split up services offload work - Microservice Allows you to work locally on a part of your App that later you can move off to a microservice or worker Prevent database sharing Sending Mail Importing Files Database buffer Lo

News & Other Happenings Al (tool/app) Moom https://manytricks.com/moom/ NK: Leaflet - an open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps http://leafletjs.com/ Al: https://martinfowler.com//bliki/PurposeOfEstimation.html Just a reminder that quotes are not to lock you in but to help decide if the work is even worth taking on NK: Design Patterns - A collection of design patterns in PHP translated from the book “Head First Design Patterns”. https://github.com/PavelLoparev/design-patterns Deep Dive Testing When Why and How Kent Beck : “I get paid for code that works, not for tests” What kinds of tests are there? Units / Units Integration / Inside Acceptance / Outside Contract Tests How important is it that tests align with the business language and domain context? Do tests ever get in the way of writing code? http://stakeholderwhisperer.com/posts/2014/10/introducing-modelling-by-example Being proud of 100% test coverage is like being proud of reading every word in the newspaper. Some

News & Other Happenings UnitTest - Al Adam Watham link to Martin Fowler https://martinfowler.com/bliki/UnitTest.html Vue.js Comparison with Other Frameworks - Nathan https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/comparison.html PHPStan - PHP Static Analysis Tool - Al Found in PHPArch https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan Shipping Docker - Nathan https://shippingdocker.com/ Tool(s) Alfred Plugin to set a Do not Disturb Time https://github.com/mlantz/DND-Alfred-Workflow Deep Dive The 4th of 4 as we cover ThoughtWork's Technology Radar - Languages and Frameworks https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/languages-and-frameworks