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> this would open up the field to a lot more people (analogous to the No code movement… and would suffer similar pitfalls). The problem is that no code movemen
by Aperocky 5y ago
> this would open up the field to a lot more people (analogous to the No code movement… and would suffer similar pitfalls).
The problem is that no code movement did not open up the field to a lot more people.
- sokoloff 5y agoIf you include Excel in “no code” I think it opened it up to many millions.
- bhawks 5y agoStrong agree. The spreadsheet metaphor makes complex computing tasks approachable to a very wide population of people and we've all benefitted from it. It also is not all roses. From a maintenance, collaboration and correctness standpoint there are many footguns that have caused massive pain. I've yet to see other no code solutions trying to learn from these lessons.
- Aperocky 5y agoExcel is honestly more like the other MS suite products. Most of the time it is used as such. Advanced user can make pretty customized stuff happen in excel with VBA and macros - but then it's no longer no-code. It's similar to how python has disseminated to a degree into various white-collar professions but it's still on a small percentage basis.
- sokoloff 5y agoI think Excel users who click in a cell and type something that starts with = are using a domain-specific no-code tool. By the time you're in the 0.03% (or less) who are using VBA, it's probably not a no-code solution anymore.