80% of tech could be built outside IT by 2024, thanks to low-code tools

This really depends on how you define tech... Is a static website made with SquareSpace tech? Is an excel file tech? I'd argue yes, and if so, then I'd bet that number is much higher than 80%.

Re: 80% of tech could be built outside IT by 2024, thanks to low-code tools

#7

Post by hpoe » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:09 PM UTC

So I started my career a little bit later, but one thing I enjoy is reading about old development horror stories, it seems like all of the worst ones start with either/or 'Access Database' and 'Visual Basic'.

I guess my question is it seemed like the last generation of "No more developer tools" failed, because the problem in programming isn't knowing how to code, after all it seems like pretty much anyone can figure out how to write Python in a weekend, but that learning how to work and think like a developer. Thinking of edge cases, determining data flows, what to do in the event of problems, etc.

So from those that have a little bit more experience than me, what was it like in the age of MS Access, Visual Basic, and how do the new low code tools address those?

EDIT:

Also it says that the tech will be built outside of IT, but who is going to end up supporting that?

Re: 80% of tech could be built outside IT by 2024, thanks to low-code tools

#8

Post by lukeboi » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:09 PM UTC

“ “The barrier to become a technology producer is falling due to low-code and no-code development tools,” Gartner VP Rajesh Kandaswamy told VentureBeat. When asked what kinds of tech products and services these findings apply to, he said “all of them.””

Re: 80% of tech could be built outside IT by 2024, thanks to low-code tools

#9

Post by colecut » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:10 PM UTC

I have managed to earn a great living using primarily basic LAMP skills for decades.. but in the next three years it will all come to an end. oh noooooo

Re: 80% of tech could be built outside IT by 2024, thanks to low-code tools

#10

Post by homarp » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:11 PM UTC

throwaway2016a wrote: post #2

Put this here to see what the HN community thinks of this trend and the 2024 projection.

Who build the low-code tools and 'add-on' if not IT?

low-code tool might maybe get us back to where we were earlier with VB... but there was a cottage industry of OCX controls, again built by IT.

Same thing is/will happen with 'low code' tools: they all have their internal market, where "IT" sells what can not be done with the low-code tool.

And then, it's like Excel or MsAccess... it works until it does not (or the person who wrote it left the company) and then it needs to be rewritten.