No no no no no no !
Allowing business users to build applications and integrations using low-code is like letting a chimpanzee rewire your house.
No documentation
No test plans
No source code control
No DevOps deployment cycle
No rollback functionality
Slow! Yes, really slow, by factors of several 100x if not done properly.
They assume perfect data and network resilience
Most of the challenges with software development come from imperfect requirements gathering, vague interface definitions and data integrity
Only an experienced developer will have seen enough issues to know when and where to instinctively write defensive code and non-destructive data transformation and transfer, and by the time they have done that you might as well use 'proper' code and get all the DevOps/secops goodness baked in.
As a professional developer I can and have used lo-code/no-code and I wouldn't let a business user anywhere near them. I can hold a chisel and mallet, but I can't make a dovetail joint.
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No no no no no no !
Allowing business users to build applications and integrations using low-code is like letting a chimpanzee rewire your house.
No documentation
No test plans
No source code control
No DevOps deployment cycle
No rollback functionality
Slow! Yes, really slow, by factors of several 100x if not done properly.
They assume perfect data and network resilience
Most of the challenges with software development come from imperfect requirements gathering, vague interface definitions and data integrity
Only an experienced developer will have seen enough issues to know when and where to instinctively write defensive code and non-destructive data transformation and transfer, and by the time they have done that you might as well use 'proper' code and get all the DevOps/secops goodness baked in.
As a professional developer I can and have used lo-code/no-code and I wouldn't let a business user anywhere near them. I can hold a chisel and mallet, but I can't make a dovetail joint.