The broader question is, why did "Visual Programming" die, or rather, why is it always rather niche. Visual type coding / low tech coding, drag and drop of com

The broader question is, why did "Visual Programming" die, or rather, why is it always rather niche. Visual type coding / low tech coding, drag and drop of computing blocks and other GUI based programming approaches is a perennial promise and brilliant examples light the sky every once in while like fireworks (Scratch, Web "Mashups" [1] come to mind as other examples). The outline of the answer must be that the capabilities enabled with such GUI oriented programming styles don't hit a sweet spot with large numbers of less technical knowledge workers. Compare e.g., with the spreadsheet paradigm that is a resounding success despite Microsoft. But why that is is not clear. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(web_application_hybrid) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(web_application_hybrid...