Re:No-Code and the IKEA Effect: Software lock-in evolved to ...
by core-questions on Saturday October 31, 2020 @01:46PM
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> you have documented and defined your methods (i.e. business logic) well
Wishful thinking, though, in many cases. When software dictates the workflow, the code _is_ the business process documentation. Add a new function to the code? Did you go and update the docs, too? Takes serious diligence, takes bigger teams, hard for a small business systems department to keep up with that. That's why they use low-code platforms, aside from the skill gap (i.e. once you can really code, you tend to not want to write business systems stuff anymore)
Wishful thinking, though, in many cases. When software dictates the workflow, the code _is_ the business process documentation. Add a new function to the code? Did you go and update the docs, too? Takes serious diligence, takes bigger teams, hard for a small business systems department to keep up with that. That's why they use low-code platforms, aside from the skill gap (i.e. once you can really code, you tend to not want to write business systems stuff anymore)