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  • Three years of building no-code software for political organizations

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  • What do you mean “usually requires a dev”?

    I am a dev, and nothing I’ve built (by writing code) is something any of this software could do. Why would someone hire me to build something that’s already available? The reason I write things is because they can’t be done with existing software.

    I build things with an OS all the time. I built a media center PC by installing Bazzite on a mini pc. Doesn’t that make Bazzite no-code software? I also built a living room gaming console with Bazzite. And I built an automatic sorting system in my Minecraft world. Minecraft is no-code software. I built some bookmarklets in Firefox, so Firefox is no-code software. (Ok, to be fair, I wrote code to do that, so I guess Firefox is code software.) I built a parametric font with Inkscape. Isn’t that no-code software? Oh, I built a 3D printed wood joiner bracket with FreeCAD, so that’s no-code software too.

    Does none of this count? What is the exact specifications of the things you can build with a piece of software that make it no-code software vs not no-code software?

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  • Yes, so it’s software with logic abstractions. Why do we need a name like that? That covers almost all software, and you can just say extensible and configurable software. That name actually makes sense.

  • Three years of building no-code software for political organizations

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  • So basically any software that has logic abstraction? So, almost all software. Why not call that logic-abstraction software? Why invent some (seemingly purposefully) confusing term that doesn’t even apply to half of what people label with it.

    Spreadsheet software has literal programming languages written for it. That’s not no-code. VBA is code. Also, I wouldn’t use the term magic, but rather math. Spreadsheets are akin to a sheet of paper that can do math. If you write the math wrong, you get the wrong answer.

    Browsers are ridiculously code-full. Press F12 and there’s a terminal. You can even launch a remote debugging environment.

    Same as video and audio editors. With very few exceptions, professional media editors have full fat scripting language support built in. Same with bookkeeping software.

    I just think the term “no-code software” is essentially meaningless, vague & ill defined, and therefore useless. Just say advanced or extensible software.

  • Three years of building no-code software for political organizations

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  • Wordpress has native support for pages.

  • Linux Tablet?

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  • The only reason I can’t really buy one is that my job requires a really color accurate display, and the display on it is only like 66% sRGB. I’m hoping they release one with a better screen, cause other than that, it looks so awesome!

  • Linux Tablet?

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  • If convertibles would work for you, the new Framework 12 looks really nice. It’s not the best machine for the money, but very repairable. I have a Framework 13 and I love it.

  • It turns out Nokia’s legendary font makes for a great general user interface font – OSnews

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  • I also mentioned Ubuntu.

  • Three years of building no-code software for political organizations

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  • It’s a meaningless term then. Is Apache “no-code software”? What about Windows?

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  • It is classic CMS software. Wordpress is listed. That’s an CMS. And what you listed doesn’t fit all the things called no-code in the article.

    Maybe this would be easier. Can you name some software that isn’t no-code software and tell me why? (I mean, obviously other than software you use to write code.)

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  • Yes, I get the intention of the term. I don’t understand why it exists. It’s unnecessary. Most software is designed to not require you to write code to use it.

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  • I don’t see what these things have in common other than just being software tools, generally for managing content. And I really don’t understand the term “no-code software”. It’s all built with code. If I use an operating system to run a program, that doesn’t mean I’ve invented some sort of new software system, that’s just what they’re designed to do. Using a tool in a way that it’s designed to be used isn’t really novel.

  • Three years of building no-code software for political organizations

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  • So basically anything that’s extensible or customizable?

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  • Can you define no-code software?

    From the article:

    You have a program, WordPress, to create more software, namely your specific website. It is more than a bunch of options to select, but it doesn't really require coding for most things.

    So.. is it just software that has a plugin architecture?

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  • “No-code software”, aka, CMS.

    Why do we need a new term that is vastly worse than the old term?

  • IDF strike on Gaza City bakery kills 11 Palestinians, including children, medics say

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  • I’m assuming their excuse is that it was terrorist bread.

    Genocide.

  • It turns out Nokia’s legendary font makes for a great general user interface font – OSnews

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  • I legitimately hate it. Trash font. Hard to read and fucking ugly. It looks like it’s almost an OCR font.

    As much as I hate Google, I have to admit Roboto is a great font. Same with Microsoft and Segoe UI.

    But, there will never, ever, ever be a better font than Palatino. Adobe’s Garamond Pro (and most Garamond knockoffs) are close, but Palatino is just amazing in every way. Specifically, Palatino Linotype is the best Palatino version.

    That being said, Palatino doesn’t make a great display font. For that, I would much prefer Cantarell over that Nokia font.

    Also, Ubuntu fonts are S tier. I don’t care if you disagree.

  • SilverBullet v2 released: open-source, self hosted, programmable notes

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  • I don’t know. I use Apple Maps. Probably not any better privacy wise, but I don’t know what is better that has similar features. I’ve tried Magic Earth and CoMaps, and they’re both promising, just not at the level that I’d be willing to switch to.

  • SilverBullet v2 released: open-source, self hosted, programmable notes

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  • That looks really nice! I’m gonna try that out. Thank you. :)

  • SilverBullet v2 released: open-source, self hosted, programmable notes

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  • If it’s not self hosted, I’m afraid I don’t want to use it. It looks nice, though.

    It does look like they’re working on self hosting, which is awesome. Their GitHub says it’s in alpha.