I don't think people are making fun of the "low-code" aspect as much as the "I literally built a business in an afternoon" part.
It's a job board, implemented 2 months ago, that has a handful of postings. How is that a business?
Don't get me wrong. I don't think the world needs another jobs board but at one point airbnb sold cereal boxes so who am i to judge on what a persons ambitions will look like in 12 months time if they continue to learn and get some feedback. I mean, if they are reading the thread there is a bunch of feedback here they can assess.
Everyone here who is commenting on scaleable systems had to start somewhere, i would bet for many that start was not with something that was at least halfway functional and could accomodate users.
There are lots of fair and constructive comments here which I'm going to be taking on-board both for York Tech Jobs and for future projects.
As many people have pointed out, the claim of being a business may be a bit farfetched at this stage. The spirit of the article was to show that building and validating a basic MVP is possible in a few hours, I added the last sentence about it being a business as a bit of a perhaps misplaced barb at people who are all talk, no action.
Thanks to everyone for their comments. It's really appreciated.
She says at the bottom of the article:
I literally built a business in an afternoon and so can you.
I also appreciate the effort to put something like this together, especially for a person without minimal coding ability. That part is great.
Calling it a "business" is everything that's wrong with the Silicon Valley mentality. It isn't something you do in an afternoon. It could be a business one day, heck, it should be! But emphasizing the technical component over actually doing business is how many so-called companies get into trouble.