> I just don't buy the argument that visual programming tools are inherently more creative or imaginative than text-based programming tools because at some poin

> I just don't buy the argument that visual programming tools are inherently more creative or imaginative than text-based programming tools because at some point, you are going to be constrained to the UI, which always comes with tradeoffs. They aren't inherently more creative for all people. For example there is a group of people that prefers LaTeX to MS Word - but it's undoubtable that Word is more accessible to more users. The creativity comes from letting business users directly iterate on the UI mockups and underlying process, which is possible in these tools. Instead of waiting a few months for an IT project to start, the users can create a mockup in a few days and iterate a few times before connecting to a real backend. I would have thought this was improbable 3 years ago, but personal experience has taught me that there are many business users capable of doing this. Most of the tools created with these platforms never "ship"; the primary users are often internal. At large companies, an internal app may have 10k users. Also, YMMV depending on the tool - some are much better than others at debugging complex flows.