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Re:Retool raises $45M at a $3.2B valuation by MangoCoffee on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:15PM (#32268185)
>bullish each day on low-code tooling

we use Microsoft PowerApps.

i see it differently. if you build too much internal software/tools on PowerApps. your company is tied to Microsoft for a long term since there is no easy way to jump from PowerApps to another low code platform without redo.

Re:Retool raises $45M at a $3.2B valuation by w-j-w on Thursday July 28, 2022 @08:58PM (#32271900)
So?

Vendor lock-in is just the price of using a vendor, and one which is often overwhelmingly worth paying. What you are saying is true, but it's not really enough of a detraction to justify building everything in-house.