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Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

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Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

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Post by foxbee »

devortel wrote: post #62
_omnf wrote: post #43

I love no code! Wait. Wait. Hear me out... Building software is easy. Changing people's minds is damned near impossible. As an engineer: - I'm constantly handed shitty (or a complete lack thereof) requirements from non-technical people. No code lets people figure out that they haven't thought something out nearly as much as they think they have. I no longer am the bearer of bad news. - I constantly see business peopl…

Can you elaborate on the list of problems with no-code? Of course I'm not denying there are problems with no-code, I'd like to learn about other developers' issues, particularly with larger, longer-term projects.

The primary problems with some no-code platforms are:

Access to the code base - it's hard to build on top of, or around the platform

Long-term viability - if i build my company on top of your product, how can I be sure you'll always be around?

For transparency, I am the cofounder of Budibase: https://github.com/Budibase/budibase

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

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Post by CivBase »

rytill wrote: post #118
gorwell wrote: post #96

"no code", "serverless" Is anyone else annoyed by these terms?

What replacement terms would you recommend?

Perhaps "borrowed code" and "borrowed server"? That's what they really mean. You're just using someone else's preexisting code/server to solve your problem instead of writing/deploying your own.

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

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Post by tchock23 »

machtesh wrote: post #105

I made a reddit-like app/website on Bubble about 1.5 years ago and overall I was very happy with the speed I was able to get it out there. I built it in a few days which I personally never would have been able to do in code. But since it relies on SEO to succeed, I'm now considering coding it from scratch because it's a huge limitation in Bubble. https://tastejury.com

Can you share more about the SEO limitations of bubble you experienced? I wasn’t aware that is a limitation.

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

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Post by Shiku »

contravariant wrote: post #10
dkarp wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still pending for me too. I'm going to assume this is here because of a voting ring

Either that or it was really impressive for the few minutes it did load. Kind of hard to figure out at this point. Though the fact that it grinds to a halt under high load is also interesting.

That was an issue based on the plan I was using in Bubble. I upgraded to a production plan which should work better now.

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

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Post by rchaud »

_omnf wrote: post #43

I love no code! Wait. Wait. Hear me out... Building software is easy. Changing people's minds is damned near impossible. As an engineer: - I'm constantly handed shitty (or a complete lack thereof) requirements from non-technical people. No code lets people figure out that they haven't thought something out nearly as much as they think they have. I no longer am the bearer of bad news. - I constantly see business peopl…

Thank you. HN is one of the few places where no-code is discussed at length, and it's frustrating how many programmers default to replying with "I would never use this in production."

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.

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

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Post by _fat_santa »

_omnf wrote: post #43

I love no code! Wait. Wait. Hear me out... Building software is easy. Changing people's minds is damned near impossible. As an engineer: - I'm constantly handed shitty (or a complete lack thereof) requirements from non-technical people. No code lets people figure out that they haven't thought something out nearly as much as they think they have. I no longer am the bearer of bad news. - I constantly see business peopl…

> I'm constantly handed shitty (or a complete lack thereof) requirements from non-technical people. No code lets people figure out that they haven't thought something out nearly as much as they think they have. I no longer am the bearer of bad news.

Personally I find this to be part of the Job. The way I look at it i'm the one looking at sites all day, I'm the one caught up on all the latest trends, I'm the one who knows what looks good and what doesn't. My client on the other hand, they will likely know what they want, but when it comes to describing it, they may offer a nebulous response.

My job here is to take that nebulous response and form it into requirements. One thing I do all the time is if a client asks me to do something on the site and I can't discern what they want me to do, I will usually ask them where they go the idea. They will say something like "Oh pinterest, instagram, facebook, etc have something like this", we pull up that site and they show me, and from there I adjust requirement accordingly.

I don't hold this against any of my clients, it's ok if they don't quite know what they want, I'm the professional and it's my job to figure that out.

Re: Show HN: Reddit clone built in no-code in two weeks

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Post by rchaud »

tbran wrote: post #53
Shiku wrote: post #40

Hey HN: Thanks for everyone who has tried to visit the site. The surge in traffic was unexpected, and I realize that it slowed down the load time, so I've added a 'boost' to the site. Besides that, I should also clarify that this site was built to be 'web first'. It currently does not work on mobile (I didn't design it to work on mobile since I was only working on it for 2 weeks). Hope the site loads better now. Will…

Very cool that you built this in such a short time! It makes me wonder if there will be a new segment of programmers that specialize in superfast no-code app creation.

Webflow is trying to build such a community, but it's a website builder only, it's not for CRUD apps. Their blog posts usually have interviews with "Webflow-only" agencies. The work seems kinda amateurish though.
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