<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>NCR — No Code Required</title><link>https://nocoderequired.net/</link><description>Recent content on NCR — No Code Required</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://nocoderequired.net/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>I didn't plan to learn AI</title><link>https://nocoderequired.net/posts/i-didnt-plan-to-learn-ai/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://nocoderequired.net/posts/i-didnt-plan-to-learn-ai/</guid><description>A bodybuilder with a major injury, zero coding experience, and a lot of stubbornness — here&amp;#39;s how I ended up building AI tools.</description></item><item><title>About</title><link>https://nocoderequired.net/about/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://nocoderequired.net/about/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="hey-im-menel">Hey, I&amp;rsquo;m Menel.&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>I didn&amp;rsquo;t plan to learn AI. Life kind of forced me into it.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>👉 &lt;strong>&lt;a href="https://nocoderequired.net/posts/i-didnt-plan-to-learn-ai/">Read my full story: &amp;ldquo;I didn&amp;rsquo;t plan to learn AI&amp;rdquo;&lt;/a>&lt;/strong>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>I&amp;rsquo;m a bodybuilder. I trained athletes. I ran programs for people who needed discipline, structure, and results. I knew how to push through pain and build something from nothing.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;strong>But code? Terminals? APIs?&lt;/strong> I had no idea what any of that was.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>When AI started getting real, I didn&amp;rsquo;t understand the concepts. Not the tools. Not the language. Everyone was talking about &amp;ldquo;machine learning&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;neural networks&amp;rdquo; like it was obvious — and I was sitting there thinking &lt;em>what is a terminal and why is everyone acting like I should know?&lt;/em>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Start Here</title><link>https://nocoderequired.net/start-here/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://nocoderequired.net/start-here/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="what-do-you-want-to-do">What do you want to do?&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>Pick your path:&lt;/p>
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&lt;h3 id="-i-want-to-automate-something-boring">🔧 I want to automate something boring&lt;/h3>
&lt;p>→ Check out our automation tutorials&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>n8n basics — connect tools without code&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Webhooks explained — how tools talk to each other&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Content scheduling — publish without being online&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
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&lt;h3 id="-i-want-to-create-images-or-videos-with-ai">🖼️ I want to create images or videos with AI&lt;/h3>
&lt;p>→ See our creative tools reviews&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>AI image generators — tested and compared&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Video creation with AI — from script to publish&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Logo and design tools — what actually works&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
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&lt;h3 id="-i-want-to-write-content-faster">✍️ I want to write content faster&lt;/h3>
&lt;p>→ Our content creation tools&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>