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Comment by namanyayg | Hacker News Reader

It seems like you are targeting non-tech users, is that correct?

While you have created something technically impressive, I'm afraid that it looks way too complex for any layman.

We're targeting non-tech users who have some engineering resources available to wire up the React components. Once wired up, any non-tech user can deploy new versions of the same component without writing any code themselves (I demo this in the YouTube video around here: https://youtu.be/qrPip41Ecyg?feature=shared&t=70 ).

I can tell that you're trying to make this work, and I very much appreciate the effort, but where is the no-code part? The YAML is definitely code. HTML & CSS are code. My rule of thumb: if you screw up the punctuation and that causes the thing to break, that was code.

Second, too much zooming. It was really hard to wrap my brain around what was going on when everything was moving around so quickly.

I actually disagree with this - HTML5/jsx is not a bad UI-building abstraction even for non-technical people. The things that make react complicated are syncing state with the backend, routing, etc.

I'd share this with my CEO / CS team - especially with GPT in place and live previews, there's no reason why someone can't build simple react components into these "slots".

HTML in its basic form is a technical task for many.

Good news is you’re not required to write any HTML when your engineering counterpart has wired up your component. We have a visual editor powered by Tiptap that anyone can use

Apart from what other commenters have said about programming, don't you find the UI itself too insanely complex for a layman?

And what even is the air traffic control stuff? I like to think I know a thing or two about web development and have been on plenty of flights. I watched their YouTube video as well but l have no idea what it's for.

You are severely overestimating the average person's ability and understanding.

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2501/

just got flashbacks of the Jokerman font Code Warriors logo.

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