Bryan Helmig

Building the CLI and the backend that powers it was a lot of fun. I want to write up a technical post on how it works, but the gist of it is: * Node.js CLI that builds deployable zips * AWS Lambda behind the scenes running the code * A very "RPC-like" interface that calls into the exported schema * It interops automatically with 750+ apps via our workflow editor Previously you...

Hey Product Hunt! At Zapier we help people connect and automate their apps without writing any code. So this new tool is a little out of the ordinary for us: Code by Zapier gives anyone the option to write custom steps for their Zap workflows using Python or JavaScript with zero deployment or hosting. Here are a few examples of how Code could transform your app data: - Replace crontabs -...

Zapier co-founder/CTO - crazy excited about this launch - it represents thousands of hours of work and a pretty much complete rebuild of our entire stack. One of my favorite features is new custom Code steps - both Python https://zapier.com/help/code-python/#how-does-it-work and Javascript https://zapier.com/help/code/#how-does-it-work are supported. I've been using it to replace dozens of...

We also open sourced the little Bottle.py and React.js app that powers this: https://github.com/zapier/conspiracysanta.com