Lack of code
therealbrandonwilson • 7 May 2023 •
I understand the concept of coding. In my first year at college, I explored programming and computer science. Too bad there was so much anti-Mac sentiment then that it drove me away from a potential coding career. I suppose if you expand the definition, I might even consider what I do with SQL as a type of coding.
Then you have the no-code movement. While I don’t have any direct experience with it, I understand what it is.
My question to coders and no-coders alike: What do you call an absence of coding? This is what I faced today in my failed attempt to add a countdown timer to my newsletter.
It would appear to be a simple task to add a countdown timer to a newsletter. I’ve seen them in newsletters sent to me. It’s really just a piece of code embedded in HTML or whatever format is used in email. Substack must be an exception because I found no easy way to add a countdown timer. Substack does not allow you to embed code. I found some tutorials suggesting the use of a GIF. Ultimately, I wasted far too much time today trying to figure it out.
Comments
@Winkletter Wow cooool dude. Never knew we can embed a timer in a textarea here!
@jasonleow It’s a bit of a trick. It’s a gif with 60 seconds of countdown that’s only accurate the first minute after you load or reload it. But it works anywhere you can embed an external image. Sendtric - Email countdown timers.
Yeah, it looks like Substack doesn’t allow any custom code, not even an image hosted elsewhere. They have a Code button for inline code, and a Code Block for displaying code in a formatted block, but no way to insert HTML. You can put a counter here, though.
Also, I vote for SQL counting as code. It seems simple, but in practice it takes a knowledgeable person to use it well.