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I don’t want to build in a language without types, but low code is even less types than Rails. I’ve just never worked on a public app that was simple enough for Rails to feel good - Airbnb was rails but by the time I got there it was very much not simple. Internal tools in rails though, that is okay.
Even though it is Oracle, Oracle APEX is exceptional at creating CRUD applications. The main benefit to other low code tools is that it doesn't want eliminate code but just the repetitive UI code. It still expects you to have skills in database development so you can achieve everything but generating a Report, Grid or Form from a SQL query takes as long as you need to write the query. And everything is customizable a…
> It still expects you to have skills in database development so you can achieve everything but generating a Report, Grid or Form from a SQL query takes as long as you need to write the query. And everything is customizable and maintainable in the end. Isn't this what people thought about Oracle Forms before it going the way it did?
Was there ever a Node/TS alternative to Rails?
Building the Multiwoven product based on Rails has been incredibly helpful in balancing rapid development with the ability to scale and customize as user demands evolve. It provides a structured yet flexible foundation, allowing us to adapt quickly without compromising on quality.
It’s about knowing when to leverage low code for speed and when to transition to more robust solutions for long-term scalability.
Was there ever a Node/TS alternative to Rails?
This post boils down to "it's easier to use something you know in and out that some new tool you're using for the first time.", so not a good argument. I think I've seen ruby code a handful of times in my life and it looks like an obfuscated form of perl to me. If you'd give me a low code tool and ruby and the same task I don't think I'll succeed with either in a reasonable amount of time. (Not that I'm a fan of low…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
More exactly, C code (hopefully MISRA C) generated from Simulink models runs much of the embedded systems in many cars. Although sometimes (cough, Toyota/Denso, cough) that generated C is then bodily assaulted by questionably competent embedded developers until it combines the worst qualities of MISRA C and low-quality embedded development, because, like many low-code solutions, getting (and keeping) everything in th…
Matlab / Simulink will doubtlessly have a very long tail, but is being overtaken by Python. For one thing, programming is gaining ground in areas that have no established loyalty to Matlab, and those are growing areas. Such as the life sciences. For another, a certain fraction of students want to test the waters and see if they can explore software development as a career option. Python is more relevant to that optio…
I never understood the "low code" microbubble that was being inflated. We went through that era already. We called them RAD tools, and they targeted the same sort of strange, mythical end user profile. Someone so technically capable and apt that they could navigate a dizzying domain of deeply buried checkboxes, property fields, and sprawling relationships & side-effects, but who was also simultaneously unable to unde…
I think you're taking the intent of "low-code" too literal, or have not worked in an organization of sufficient size for its value proposition to be evident. It's not to solve a solutioning problem; it's to solve an organizational one. While any "low-code" is marketed as a WYSWG, business friendly solution platform, what it actually is is a way for the business to get access to capabilities IT otherwise gatekeeps as…
No code platforms manage to get around this.
Another use case - I work for a 'non-tech' consultancy. Clients typically won't like paying us to spin up some flask/django/rails app, but are happy to pay us to spin up some sort of no-code thing for them (perception is that it will be easier to self-support, which is also probably the reality compared to me developing some sort of rails app and then leaving the company).
Was there ever a Node/TS alternative to Rails?
Adonis.js is just that. I have never used it beyond a quick test though so I can't say what it is like in production.
I never understood the "low code" microbubble that was being inflated. We went through that era already. We called them RAD tools, and they targeted the same sort of strange, mythical end user profile. Someone so technically capable and apt that they could navigate a dizzying domain of deeply buried checkboxes, property fields, and sprawling relationships & side-effects, but who was also simultaneously unable to unde…