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I focused a bit on the history of computing when i was getting my CS degree and one of the things I've found super interesting is that for at least forty years
by ixtli 6y ago
I focused a bit on the history of computing when i was getting my CS degree and one of the things I've found super interesting is that for at least forty years (perhaps longer!) we've been at least academically interested in writing code "without writing code". It never really works, however for a technical person it can be a great way to do, like, a sketch.
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=without+writing+code https://hn.algolia.com/?q=without+writing+code is an interesting search
- lucasverra 6y agoim genuinely asking myself if "this time is different". The merging of Cloud + Software consumerism of 15 (ish) years of mobile + software eats world can make the Bubbles, Airtable and other no/low code tools the next long tail revolution of software ? What is different from the front page + Dreamweaver + flash days ? My hint : cloud computing and the hosting of database AND logic in bigcorp maintained garden
- ilaksh 6y agoI'm not sure what your point is. When you say "bubbles" and "software eats the world" I think you are saying that these tools were supposed to replace programming, but so far they haven't. In fact I think that people who make that claim are wrong. Low code development tools have become hysterically successful, especially in recent years. WordPress (400+ million websites) has 50000+ plugins that can do almost anything. Look at Salesforce (17 billion revenue) and PeopleSoft. Airtable (1.1 billion valuation). Shopify is approaching 1 million sites. Wix has $600 million in revenue. There are a lot of other massively successful products that fit into the loose association you gave.