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ELI5: low-code/no-code is nothing new, it was with us for longer than you can imagine, so why do we expect that nowadays it's gotten so much better that it can replace normal programming?

For me it sounds like another Web3AIBlockchainVRMeta fad, like those trends in history: romanticism, baroque, enlightenment, etc.

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Asked and answered. But someone is selling the trend and making money on it. Whether it’s a good long term solution to anything is rather inconsequential to them.

That said, as development tool chains grow in options and complexity , I do see these things as being a bridge for some people to get their feet wet. Self taught devs can start here and then code later when needed. But that’s just a theoretical use case/market void that may not really exist.

It seems it comes back every year or two, coincidentally on market downturns.

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