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Ah, management’s never ending dream to commoditize software development; gotta love it. I’ve spent the last several years being paid good money working on vario
by 0x445442 4y ago
Ah, management’s never ending dream to commoditize software development; gotta love it. I’ve spent the last several years being paid good money working on various failed “digital transformation”projects and am currently working on another one I predict will fail.
One of the root causes of these failures is viewing the actual software development as a mere afterthought once all the high level boxes are drawn and power point slides created. Tremendous resources are spent on everything ancillary to the software and insuring proper adherence to process is kept no matter how orthogonal that process may be to maximizing the delivery of quality software in a timely manner. It’s really quite amazing.
- JackMorgan 4y agoI make a great living cleaning up the unholy messes made by low code projects! I'm doing one right now that took me a month to convert a project that had been grinding to a halt for several years on one of these low code platforms. My customers are thrilled I can knock out a couple "impossible features" in a day because the data is now stored in SQL and not some UI driven monster web based "database" with no formal query language. Another commentator likens these tools to mass produced plastic chairs, but for me, it's more like a plastic car engine that just melts if you go more than 15mph or you try to carry more than one passenger. And these engines are being sold to trucking companies, taxi companies, and food delivery companies. Sure those plastic engines are really cheap. But good luck when you suddenly are carrying more than a few sandwiches a few blocks away.