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I work with Salesforce that actively pushes 'point and click' configuration to the naive CEOs while at the same time making billions from ever increasing develo
by cosmodisk 7y ago
I work with Salesforce that actively pushes 'point and click' configuration to the naive CEOs while at the same time making billions from ever increasing development required to make all the stuff work. Codeless is fine for some genuine vanilla cases but anything beyond that requires code and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future.The only real thing that is changing software field is ever growing abstraction,which does simplify a lot of things.For instance, to create a simple CRUD web app nowadays is a relatively simple task compared to what it used to be 20 years ago. However,even with all the abstraction,the simplicity ends up when complex business problems show up.
- boomskats 7y ago100% this. As the author put it: >Suddenly you find yourself looking for programmers who are well versed in the specific low-code platform that you bought, and it is a really hard task.
- oftenwrong 7y agoYes, customisation of "codeless" platforms is typically narrow. You can easily customise the parts the developer anticipated that users would want to customise. When you need something else, customisation is limited and painful.
- ozim 7y agoUgh just like seeing my current CEO. Guy is "configuration over development", but he will not see point where that configuration will become development. It will in year or two get so complicated that you will not be able to get any guy from the street. But extensive training for 6 months will be needed, just like hiring developer. To get Salesforce you already need trained consultant to who you pay $$$ and yeah those CEOs don't see it. It is just, developers do some magic and are expensive. Where I don't understand what Salesforce consultant would do and he would also be expensive.