The tried-and-true rule of "follow the money" certainly suggests the low-code and no-code space is the place to be in 2022. But these platforms are now more than just shiny tools for users to pursue pet projects. They are vital and necessary components of enterprise digital strategies going forward,
Just recently. Airtable announced[1] it was now worth $11 billion after its latest funding round. The company promotes a that its "code-for-everyone-else approach allows professionals who aren't fluent in coding languages such as Java or Python, and don't have their desk buried deep within the stack, to play a part in rethinking and remaking the consumer and client digital experience," reports[2] Riley de León of CNBC. "The low-code movement has attracted an even higher level of attention as a result of the pandemic, during which organizations from hospitals to government entities and corporations have had to develop online offerings at a faster pace than ever expected and for new use cases."
This movement is part of an increasing democratization of programming -- borne of necessity -- extreme necessity. At a time when digital transformation is everywhere, "relying on IT departments and professional programmers is unsustainable," an O'Reilly analysis[3] states. "We need to enable people who aren't programmers to develop the software they need. We need to enable people to solve their own computational problems." At the same time, "programmers know their jobs won't disappear with a broad-scale low-code takeover, but undeniably their roles as programmers will shift as more companies adopt low-code solutions." Namely, "professional programmers will be needed to do what the low-code users can't. They build new tools, and make the connections between these tools and the old tools.... Low-code will inevitably create more work, rather than less."