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Re:Developer inequality and the technical debt crisis by dragonwriter on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @12:19PM (#8005284)
> If his general point is to bring computing to more people, I think a modern, web-based version of MS Access would be a huge step. Everyone needs databases. Everyone needs forms to access them in a way that makes sense for their business. Right now you have to actually program to make that happen.

Most real world MS Access databases needed all of tables, forms, and behavior that required code. Online graphical tools for building the tables and forms components might be useful, but its not going to stop you from needing code for behavior.

That being said, something like Access for the web would be great. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.

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Re:Developer inequality and the technical debt crisis by jeffdavis on Friday July 11, 2014 @04:49PM (#8022301)
Well, sure, they needed some code. But you could add it in small bits, like Excel, and gradually improve.

That's why accountants, etc., were able to use it. They aren't unable to code, they are unwilling to spend the time necessary to start from scratch each time.

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