This post may appear as an overly critical review of no-code tools, but it’s not. The goal is to look at coding and no-coding through different lenses: a designer, a developer and a product founder. This article explores product end goals and output.
The no-code movement is growing. New platforms embracing no-code and low-code are popping up all over and before you know it design Twitter is yet again abuzz with “code is dead, no-code is the future” tweets. Are these designers correct? Is coding dead?
What if I told you there was once a dynamic piece of software that was so popular that it powered nearly one-third of all websites on the internet and was the backbone of most videos online? It was a design tool, a coding tool, an animation tool, and even a game engine. It was one of the most in-demand software skills to have in the early 2000s, and now it’s dead. I’m talking about (Macromedia) Adobe Flash.