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Ask HN: Do engineers like the term low-code?

8 pointsby rishabhkaul1almost 4 years ago
Hey ve been wondering if engineers genuinely like the term “low code”?<p>Or is it something they might scowl at like “digital transformation”.

11 comments

thiago_fmalmost 4 years ago
I like it, even though I never use it.<p>I write complex distributed applications, but wish my life would be easier. I don&#x27;t care about having my job forever nor fear innovation. Anyhow, I think it might take a while until low code or no code becomes a thing on what I do, but I deeply believe in a future that doctors, engineers and everybody will use those tools to build amazing things, or cure really hard diseases, or whatever people might invent.<p>I think we are living in an awesome time and I love to hear about it, how clever some low code or no code are, and how it empowers people.
jjicealmost 4 years ago
The term? Yeah, I think it works well. The concept? You always end up really restricted and if you want to get some serious work done, you usually end up needing a real platform (in my experience).
d--balmost 4 years ago
Nope... it’s unclear where the code is low.<p>It usually means “that has a shitty DSL”.
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quickthrower2almost 4 years ago
I like it. Does what it says on the tin. It might get diluted though (how low is low?).<p>For example AWS Lambda is low-code in a way. You only need to write the code for the function, not the server or scaling. But that might not be low enough.<p>Excel is low code, but that&#x27;s old. Does low code mean newfangled?<p>I think it could be confusing what is low code and what is not.
el_dev_hellalmost 4 years ago
I find &quot;low code&quot; much more palatable than “digital transformation”, but I still wish the concept had a better name and clearer borders (e.g do most people consider Excel low code?).<p>I don&#x27;t have a better name to offer, so I have no major gripes with low code.
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maxrev17almost 4 years ago
Don&#x27;t swim against the buzz-word tide!!!! (I think it&#x27;s known as sales&#x2F;marketing?)
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giantg2almost 4 years ago
It depends. I would call Splunk and Tableau low code. I think they did a good job. I think many other products tend to screw it up.<p>So I don&#x27;t think I have any opinion on &quot;low code&quot;, but would evaluate the product on a case by case basis.
muzanialmost 4 years ago
A term is a term. We&#x27;ve lived with worse, like &quot;master-slave&quot; and &quot;male&#x2F;female connector&quot;. As long as it&#x27;s clear what it does and isn&#x27;t vague like &quot;dependency injection&quot;.
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PaulHoulealmost 4 years ago
&quot;Model Driven Architecture&quot; is trademarked so they can&#x27;t use that.
dyingkneepadalmost 4 years ago
I had to duck-duck-go it to figure out what it means. After reading the first description I kept thinking on things like Wordpress blogs or Delphi or Excel. Does any of these qualify as low code?
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runawaybottlealmost 4 years ago
I’ve yet to get over the term ‘Agile’.