Ask HN: What do you think about the no-code movement?

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WeLoveNoCode

I've been working in the development space since 2015 and recently joined fast-growth no-code startup (https://welovenocode.com). We just raised $1M and achived $150K MRR. Happy to share my opinion based on my experience of leading "code" and "no code" startup. No-code is basically the art of creating solutions (native apps, websites, web apps), which could have been written with code but instead using visual methods (without coding). Most no-code tools use a visual drag-and-drop interface. A lot of them have pre-built templates that you can customize. There is also a slight difference between "low-code" and "no code". With "low code" a lot of things can be done with a drag-and-drop interface, however, some coding is required to for a finished product. So you ANYWAY need some background in coding. This is typically great for people with intermediate technical skill. What can be built with no-code?

#No Code #API Tools #Project Management 10 social mentions

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Reflect.run

#Webapp Testing #Automated Testing #No Code 16 social mentions

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Stacker

I work at Stacker (YC S20) [0] -- we're actively building a part of this future and so I've done a lot of deep thinking about it. My view is that, indeed, the general no-code category represents a paradigm shift in the truest sense. That is, it is not going to replace anything we currently use software engineering for, except at the very edges. This is pretty obvious to anyone who understands software and the complexity inherent in building custom things. Rather, it will enable a massive <i>new</i> category of software to be built, where presently it is uneconomical to do so. Think simple tools, sometimes throwaway tools only needed for a few weeks, tools specific to each new project - things currently implemented with whiteboards and sticky notes that would clearly be better as digital tools in all sorts of ways - and indeed increasingly essential as the assumption that everyone is in the same office gets less true. This stuff is typically quite straightforward but requires deep domain context that'd be really difficult to translate into a spec, and way too expensive anyway to justify hiring engineers to build, but it can now just be done directly by the domain experts themselves who need not necessarily be technical. This category is simply massive - think of the number of such tools that could be useful in even a single given business if they were simple and cheap to create. Now multiply that by every business. If you're convinced / intrigued by any of what I've said, by the way, we are hiring. So let's chat about it more! Email is in my profile :-) [0] https://stackerhq.com.

#Productivity #No Code #Education 7 social mentions

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Hacker News Search

We have to start doing like those Soccer Mom Facebook groups and put something like: "please use the magnifier glass[0] to search if your question hasn't been asked before" [0] https://hn.algolia.com/.

#Search Engine #Web Search #Internet Search 1916 social mentions