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‘Real’ Programming Is an Elitist Myth
- benjaminjosephw 6y ago> maybe convincing Apple to let you into the App Store to join the great undifferentiated mass of other apps. That's software. When people build their own Airtable to feed the neighborhood, that's culture. I'm really excited to see what other kinds of things people will create as programming becomes more accessible.
- gnabgib 6y agoThe author really likes to beat up on these apparent snobby elitist programmers, without any consideration for all the programmers who are excited by no/low code tech. This article could easily been about the benefits and excitement without paragraphs 4-6 and the first sentence of 7. There are purists in any industry (you're not a writer until (physically) printed, you're not a scientist until published, you're not a DJ unless you spin vinyl), but also those that accept, adopt and champion change. Some may be risk averse for good reason (perhaps because of experience with past solutions that they inherited because the company outgrew the original), others wholeheartedly try new products and paradigms in an attempt to find out what they can leverage to provide value to others.