Re:Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks
by jtwaleson on Friday August 06, 2021 @01:38PM
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No-code is going to be used in production for sure. It's not something only for sandboxing and prototypes.
Re:Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks
by rchaud on Friday August 06, 2021 @02:09PM
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My point is that the conversation about such tools is derailed by HN programmers who automatically jump to the conclusion that these products are the wet dreams of non-technical CEOs, who will force their org to go no-code exclusively.
If no-code tools are used in production, that implies that it will have to pass QA and code review, just like anything else.
Re:Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks
by jtwaleson on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:04AM
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Completely agree with the sentiment.
But the definitions for both "production" and "application" are not so black and white. Take a super simple no-code app like a Google form survey. Some people would argue that that is not an app, others would say it is. Is it production? If I send that around to my team of 10 people, there will be no code review or QA. If I send it to 200 customers, then of course I let someone else review it.
You don't have to. The no-coder is building a prototype, safely sandboxed away from your precious CI/CD pipeline. The benefit of building a robust prototype is that the idea-haver person doesn't bother developers with unfinished requirements, and the developers don't have to write a damn thing until they look through the prototype and start mapping out some changes.