Interview with Master of Make winner Vincent Sider

Our recent Community Challenge was an opportunity for Makers to showcase their automation skills and earn the prestigious “Master of Make” title. In our challenge, we invited participants to share how they combined Make and AI to drive tangible business results. The Master of Make challenge, which is one of many dynamic Make Community initiatives, put a spotlight on innovative solutions that demonstrate the power of automation in transforming business processes.

Among many impressive entries that we received, Vincent Sider, Founder & CEO of GetInference, emerged as our winner. GetInference is a corporate academy dedicated to helping professionals, entrepreneurs, and career switchers get started in AI for business. Vincent’s AI-powered Make solution stood out to our team with its efficiency and real-world impact. Let’s dive into his journey using Make and the solution that earned him our Master of Make title.

From complexity to simplicity: Why Vincent chose Make

Vincent’s journey with Make started with a search for simplicity. After evaluating different platforms, Vincent chose Make due to its flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and extensive API support.

As he built a virtual product manager — in other words, an AI-powered tool that takes actions on behalf of users — he found that he needed a way to integrate various functions and APIs without the burden of heavy coding. One standout feature for him was Make’s visual interface and router capabilities, which allowed him to seamlessly add tools and functions to his solution. 

One of Vincent’s biggest challenges before using Make was dealing with complex APIs — more specifically, Jira’s project management API. Initially, he attempted to integrate Jira manually, but the API’s complexity was both time-consuming and frustrating. Make turned what would be an API headache into a smooth experience by providing a simplified way to connect, pass variables, and automate interactions with Jira.

In addition to achieving success with Make’s platform, Vincent has also received reliable ongoing support from the Make Community:

“The richness of the Make Community was also a big plus — you can learn and get templates to test and prototype things between different platforms quite easily. I love the energy in the community.”

The winning AI-powered solution

Vincent’s winning solution is an AI-driven product management assistant that allows product managers to communicate via voice and video while the AI takes care of organizing projects into user stories, prioritizing tasks, and integrating with Jira.

“It’s one of the rare cases that provides tangible value. On top of that, it's compounded by the value that makes Make unique, which is the time spent to deploy these solutions in a friendly and simple way.”

Here are a few of the key benefits in Vincent’s solution that are made possible with Make:

• Faster development: 60-80% of the assistant’s functions are powered by Make, which significantly reduces time spent on coding.

• Speed from concept to market: New features can be tested and deployed in minutes instead of hours.

• 10x productivity gains: Businesses using Vincent’s assistant have reduced the time spent structuring projects by a whopping 90% — from ten hours to just 1 hour.

Listen in as we chat with Vincent about his achievements using Make as well the details of his solution:

Vincent’s success in building this solution is a perfect example of how Make empowers innovators to turn complex ideas into reality — all without complex coding involved. His AI-powered product management assistant is transforming the way companies handle projects, which highlights how AI and Make are a winning combination.

Want more? Learn all about Vincent’s solution in the Make Community.