CodeSmash

About Me 

Hey guys, I’m Mario, the founder of CodeSmash. I’ve been coding now for many years both professionally and for the open-source community. Few years ago I decided to build a social network called Immersive Communities, as a solo developer, which took me 4 years to complete. The idea was to test my limits and see if this could be done by a solo developer. Once that was done, I decided to start a new product which would help the No Code community build and maintain their apps faster.

How did I come up with CodeSmash?

I’ve noticed the No Code movement starting to get popular a few years ago and decided to build something for the No Code community. Many people have a business idea but not necessarily also the tech skills to bring their idea into reality. This is why I thought that building a simple SaaS product which would simplify app development would help the people who want to start a business by themselves and quickly check if their ideas have a product market fit.

What problems does CodeSmash solve?

Building even simple websites is hard. With all the technologies out there, it’s not easy to get started. Let alone if you want to build a real SaaS application which should handle thousands of transactions and users a day. This is where CodeSmash comes in and presents a simple system to develop your SaaS without knowing anything about the technologies needed to actually build the SaaS you want to have.

How does CodeSmash solve this problem?

CodeSmash works by deploying all your apps on your private AWS account. This is in contrast to other platforms which host your apps on their own accounts. Codesmash approach has a clear advantage in that you do not have to pay any usage charges to CodeSmash and you always get to own both your apps, data and code on your private AWS account. CodeSmash works by setting up your apps, but never communicates with them or accesses their data, so you don’t need to have access to CodeSmash to further build or modify your apps. You always own your apps, whether you use CodeSmash or not.

Currently, you can host your websites on AWS using serverless technologies, which allow you to use the hosting and not pay for the hosting, unless the website is actually used. The newest feature, the No Code API Builder, allows you to deploy a serverless API, with a database and create business logic for your apps using No Code and Low code approach. This will allow you to create server-side business logic in minutes, which would otherwise take you days, if you were to deploy the required infrastructure and write the code by yourself. You can now process and validate your database data, communicate with 3rd-party APIs with no technical skills, using simple No Code tools. Yet, your app will safely be stored as code on your private AWS account, so should you choose, you will be able to allow developers to modify the code as needed.

How is CodeSmash going?

I started building CodeSmash in early 2023 and now have a community of over 300 users. My previous LTD sales also resulted in over $15K revenue for CodeSmash. The latest API Builder feature is aimed to attract No Code developers of platforms like Bubble and Webflow.

What’s On The Roadmap?

I’m currently aiming to start building a system for deployment and management of VPS servers on AWS. Furthermore, popular apps like WordPress and n8n will be given priority so that you will be able to both deploy and manage your instances directly from CodeSmash. Next year, I’m even aiming to start working on the UI builder, so that once completed, CodeSmash will be a full stack NoCode development platform. You can access the current roadmap at: https://codesmash.studio/roadmap