This is a great explanation, thanks. Any no/low code tool that has the features and power to address real-world problems will get just as complicated as “real”

This is a great explanation, thanks. Any no/low code tool that has the features and power to address real-world problems will get just as complicated as “real” coding. WordPress is an example. Easy to put up a few blog pages, but anything else requires plugins and glue code and someone who knows how to make it work. SQL was at one time presented as a tool for non-technical people to run ad hoc queries, supposedly saving time not waiting for programmers to write code. It turns out that mastering SQL is moderately hard, but understanding the relational model and a non-trivial schema requires real skill and experience. Just look at the huge number of terrible spreadsheets in the wild — Excel is the most widely-used low/no code tool out there and almost no one can do anything but type into cells and maybe total a column. I taught my daughter advanced Excel and pivot tables for her job at a big non-profit, now she’s practically lay-off proof.