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Google recently acquired Appsheet (nocode app development platform) [1]. Considering the recent boom in nocode apps, it's highly likely that Google is trying to

Google recently acquired Appsheet (nocode app development platform) [1]. Considering the recent boom in nocode apps, it's highly likely that Google is trying to stay ahead of the game by acqui-hiring specialists for this. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/14/google-acquires-appsheet-to-bring-no-code-development-to-google-cloud/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKMgjufy9YQdjmpqaedUTN7c0Q491w1ydgSd2RJbzTIwYSrKWFvYCob1qOdlVfwH15QpB7W7T25OB--ESoQV_HI4doM4Gize8htkPqfLxItZLqHwrzMohveobsNCWWuk3dlfpFa7hpcKl3IqD-5se9Mf4TXIkFcuOvejBX_GXZCI https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/14/google-acquires-appsheet-t...

arkh 7y ago
> nocode apps Do you mean fancier Wordpress?
- TremendousJudge 7y ago
  >Wordpress Do you mean saving document as a webpage in Word 97?
  - Izkata 7y ago
    Not sure I ever heard of that being used seriously. FrontPage and Dreamweaver on the other hand...
    - Twirrim 7y ago
      I had to suffer through it. At the academic place I worked at back in the early 2000s, the teachers used to love writing their intranet pages in Word and emitting them in HTML. Luckily we found some software that could clean up the monstrosity it emitted, and get pages down to a reasonable size (it was not unusual to shrink pages down from several megabytes of HTML and embedded CSS, down to 10s of kilobytes.)
- freehunter 7y ago
  Your dismissive tone makes it sound like a bad thing. Considering how wildly successful Wordpress has been and how many small businesses it has enabled, I'd say "fancier Wordpress" is a market with a lot of potential.
  - arkh 7y ago
    Not dissing Wordpress. Just the redescovering of software you install and can configure easily / install plugins to get what you want without coding yourself. Lot of people hate on Wordpress but will go for other Nocode solution which has better PR because they're new and so have lot of free money from SV funds. Or just so they can make themselves feel "better than a Wordpress agency" when what they're selling is the exact same thing. > We're a nocode agency Ok, so you're selling website and apps using code made by other people. Like any Wordpress based agency.
- rchaud 7y ago
  WordPress requires a lot of code to set up if you're doing anything beyond running a blog. And as you can tell on most websites, they do a lot more than if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); the_content(); endwhile;
- vkou 7y ago
  The world absolutely needs a fancier Wordpress. Preferably one where bad installs don't turn your website into a host for Martian hackers mining cryptocurrencies, sending viagra marketing e-mails, or SEO spam.
ulfw 7y ago
And why bother using it when it’s going to get shutdown anyway. Question isn’t if but when.

arkh 7y ago

> nocode apps Do you mean fancier Wordpress?

TremendousJudge 7y ago
>Wordpress Do you mean saving document as a webpage in Word 97?
- Izkata 7y ago
  Not sure I ever heard of that being used seriously. FrontPage and Dreamweaver on the other hand...
  - Twirrim 7y ago
    I had to suffer through it. At the academic place I worked at back in the early 2000s, the teachers used to love writing their intranet pages in Word and emitting them in HTML. Luckily we found some software that could clean up the monstrosity it emitted, and get pages down to a reasonable size (it was not unusual to shrink pages down from several megabytes of HTML and embedded CSS, down to 10s of kilobytes.)
freehunter 7y ago
Your dismissive tone makes it sound like a bad thing. Considering how wildly successful Wordpress has been and how many small businesses it has enabled, I'd say "fancier Wordpress" is a market with a lot of potential.
- arkh 7y ago
  Not dissing Wordpress. Just the redescovering of software you install and can configure easily / install plugins to get what you want without coding yourself. Lot of people hate on Wordpress but will go for other Nocode solution which has better PR because they're new and so have lot of free money from SV funds. Or just so they can make themselves feel "better than a Wordpress agency" when what they're selling is the exact same thing. > We're a nocode agency Ok, so you're selling website and apps using code made by other people. Like any Wordpress based agency.
rchaud 7y ago
WordPress requires a lot of code to set up if you're doing anything beyond running a blog. And as you can tell on most websites, they do a lot more than if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); the_content(); endwhile;
vkou 7y ago
The world absolutely needs a fancier Wordpress. Preferably one where bad installs don't turn your website into a host for Martian hackers mining cryptocurrencies, sending viagra marketing e-mails, or SEO spam.

ulfw 7y ago

And why bother using it when it’s going to get shutdown anyway. Question isn’t if but when.