This is a pretty bad article. PM are not the only responsible for product dept. PM have limited resources and lot of constraints in order to achieve their job.

This is a pretty bad article. PM are not the only responsible for product dept. PM have limited resources and lot of constraints in order to achieve their job. Bypassing PM is going to make things better at first but will make things worse long term. I've already argued that Retool, is the definition of product dept. No code is great for non technical people, but Retool is targeted at technical people. The reality is that companies which use Retool are companies which are not able to improve their product in a coherent way to also address administrative tasks. Some people then say, well it is internal so we just need an API and a shitty interface. Retool is a good tool if you are a small company and you want to test things quickly in order to implement them or not in the future. It is bad for bad companies trying to hide their shitty prioritization of admin features. I'm pretty sure Retool will be a great financial success while being a marker of dysfunctional organization. I will never work in a company that use Retool