A unified theory of low/no code and middleware

Re:A unified theory of low/no code and middleware by q-big on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:15PM (#27091671)

> The reason these tend to be a 'maintenance nightmare' is that they are typically made in Shadow-IT

Low-code and no-code solutions are often created by shadow-IT.

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Re:A unified theory of low/no code and middleware by dragonwriter on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:20PM (#27091706)

> Low-code and no-code solutions are often created by shadow-IT.

Heck, while it is phrased differently, enabling Shadow IT is an explicit selling point of low- and especially “no”-[0] code tools.

Of course, Shadow IT isn’t the tools fault, it is the organization that segregates IT into a separate heirarchy often the whole way up until the C-Suite.

If IT was a function integrated within each business unit empowering it, rather than external silo alternately constraining arbitrarily and granting favors, Shadow IT woudn’t be a thing. Shadow IT is a symptom of a broken relationship between IT and the broader organization.

[0] but often not really “no”, just as Excel isn’t.

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Re:A unified theory of low/no code and middleware by Closi on Sunday May 09, 2021 @03:43AM (#27094055)

> Low-code and no-code solutions are often created by shadow-IT.

In that case the issue is Shadow IT then, not low-code tools.

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