At a high level, that makes some sense - these tools might not be the most practical way to get from point A -> point B today for a typical web or mobile app.
In my head, I'm wondering if they are just way too early? Going from design -> code -> UI is, in theory, less efficient than just going from design -> UI, in a programmable, customizable, scalable way.
Re:An Open Source UI Builder for React
by samanator on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @09:51AM
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Skuid, which is a page builder for Salesforce (now branching out to more platforms) is doing very well.
At the company I work at we are going to switch away from it due to the limitations you insinuated, but there's definitely a fit for it in the Salesforce world.
Prefacing this with the fact I don't know all that much about the product, only a quick glance
For a big team of developers, building a big website with complicated interactions or requirements, a tool like this isn't going to meet all the requirements the developers have
If you're building something simpler, then you're probably better served by something like Webflow or Squarespace.