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Low-Code Development Will Disrupt Software Development but It Will Need Software Developers to Do It
Low-code development will create a maintenance nightmare if its not done right
Low-code development is a great opportunity or a huge technical debt machine
Low-code development is big and is about to explode and be huge in the next few years. There will be lots of software created using low-code development tools in the next few years and this could be a great and save money or be terrible and be maintenance nightmare.
If low-code development isn’t done right then it will create technical debt on a massive scale and be a maintenance nightmare.
Low-code software can be created by non-developers but the main cost in software isn’t in the creation but the support, maintenance and extension of the software.
The predictions of growth are dramatic — 80% of tech could be built outside IT by 2024, thanks to low-code tools (Why low-code development tools will not result in 80% of software being created by citizen developers by 2024)
Low-code is sold as the solution to failed software projects and growing IT spend. If it’s going to be huge, then why is it not understood by many CTO’s and other technology leads in companies.
In this article, Most execs are clueless about low-code and no-code
- 27 percent of North American respondents are unaware of the concept.
- Chief Technology Officers, “traditionally the savviest tech people within an organization”, 38 percent know nothing about low-code and no-code.
- European CTOs performed slightly better, with 24 percent unfamiliar with the practice
Why low-code will disrupt software development
Low-code development tools have had considerable investment and the low-code tools now are now feature rich to deliver sophisticated software.
Jeff Bezos says don’t predict what is going to change in the next 10 years, instead focus on what will not change in the next 10 years.
