#NoCode Journey InnerColors

In April 2024, I decided to make an app about the Lüschertest to be published in Google Play Store. Today (@August 28, 2024 ) the app is published (while not yet in appstore).

InnerColors is a nice little test revealing insights into your emotional state by choosing preferences for certain color shades for the colors blue, green, red, and yellow. I considered this difficult enough, to see if Bubble is the right #NoCode software to learn and easy enough to not have too many people interested in this. The reason is, I do not want to be fiddling around with user questions and problems, before I leanrt the basics of the SW platform and all that “SEO and marketing stuff”.

(1) The Return of the Yedi - My Return to Bubble @January 30, 2024
(2) Drag Queen 2.0 - Making the Core Function
(3) Nearly Finished?
(4) Kicked Out of Google Play Store
(5) Another Pivot Turn
(6) Landing Page
(7) Blog Posts
(8) Domain Reserved
(9) Launch? - But I am Frightened Because I Do Not Like Marketing
(10) Swallow that Frog | My Purple SMIV Money Machine
(11) Launch @August 20, 2024 V0.8
(12) SEO @August 28, 2024 V0.9

(1) The Return of the Yedi - My Return to Bubble @January 30, 2024

Some months ago I had decided - with a lot of trara! - that I would go with Adalo (see Why I Quit Bubble and Choose Adalo As The Ultimate NoCode Tool ). But some months later I noticed:

(1) Not Enough Database Design Knowledge Adalo platform does not offer all of the features I wanted. And I did not succeed making another app (LineDance) due to my perceived lack in knowledge about database design. Maybe the problem lies not within Bubble nor Adalo, it lies in me. Therefore I learnt Database Design with a tutorial series of Prof. Leo Mark.

(2) Native The most important feature of Adalo - it produces native apps - Bubble did not have and does not have now. But Bubble will have it in the future. Maybe I do not even need it (see and ).

(3) Lack of Programming Skills After tons of free video tutorials - and I do not like video tutorials - I prefer scripted tutorials, my core functionality did not fly, because repeatedly I noticed: “I do not understand, what I am doing.” I need the best bootcamp, tutorial series, whatever. And I found TIBI - Think I Build It - by Matt Neary. He emphasizes the necessity to understand the logic behind Bubble and says “Also NoCode is programming. You need to think like a programmer.”

“#NoCode is programming. You need to think like a programmer.” Matt Neary

Adalo - The #1 Best No-Code Mobile and Web App Builder Matt Neary

Bubble Bubble: The full-stack no-code app builder. Start for free!

UDACITY Course Script | Database Systems Concept & Design (Prof. Leo Mark)

Think it, Build it Think it, Build it

(2) Drag Queen 2.0 - Making the Core Function

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(3) Nearly Finished?

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(4) Kicked Out of Google Play Store

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(5) Another Pivot Turn

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(6) Landing Page

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(7) Blog Posts

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(8) Domain Reserved

Now, the story begins to turn into reality.

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(9) Launch? - But I am Frightened Because I Do Not Like Marketing

And I am also frightened that the app has so many bugs i might have overlooked that I am bombarded with complaints that I might not even be able to solve. Yet. Even though this app is a nice vitamin, not a painkiller. It still should work nicely. And give me the playground to learn all the tools and overcome all the obstacles a proper and sound bootstrapped indiprenuer must have.

This app InnerColors is a nice vitamin, not a painkiller.

(10) Swallow that Frog | My Purple SMIV Money Machine

… means before earning money, I need to spend money. And leanr new tools. Here is my tech stack - paid and free subscriptions.

Afforai was very helpful for researching papers and creating the blog posts. The blog is built in Notion and published with SuperSite.

Bubble has a very generous plan (tank you for that!), I am building on it since ages. But in order to launch and switch to my new domain, I finally need to subscribe.