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Not a bad thing, but you should understand the economic ramifications of it. "No code" is basically commodification. For some subset of IT tasks, there are no
by nostrademons 5y ago
Not a bad thing, but you should understand the economic ramifications of it.
"No code" is basically commodification. For some subset of IT tasks, there are now tools you can use to achieve your goals without employing a software engineer. Great - it makes everybody more productive when humans can be replaced by software.
But note that commodity markets, by definition, are low-profit. If you can use some cheap off-the-shelf tool to achieve a goal, so can all your competitors. So people thinking they're going to build the next great billion-dollar web startup off of Wix or Shopify are probably going to be disappointed. They can build a great web startup, but so can everybody else. You can no longer make life-changing sums of money just by being able to throw together a website.
It's more useful to businesses whose competitive advantage is elsewhere. If you make complicated hardware, for example, and just want to be able to sell it without paying the Amazon tax, these tools are great.