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Re:Syntax highlighting is a waste of an information channel by jtwaleson on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:00AM (#23906462)
Indeed :) I'd say the biggest problems with platforms like these are 1: meaningfully diffing (visual diffing is an unsolved problem) and 2: the enterprise pricing.
Re:Syntax highlighting is a waste of an information channel by treeman79 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:25PM (#23908187)
Lock in as well.

Was at a company that invented a visual programming tool and forced development to use it.

Several flat out refused. We all went on with our careers. The people that used the proprietary system still work there, not then a decade later. They hated the tool then. But they have no marketable skills set at this point.