How low-code database services like Airtable, a category often sneered at by professional programmers, let non-programmers create community databases
When people build a database to manage reading lists or feed their neighbors, that's coding—and culture. — It's a normal afternoon in July. Tweets: @backchnnl , @wired , and @rozzie Tweets: Backchannel / @backchnnl : When people build a database to manage reading lists or feed their neighbors, that's coding—and culture. https://www.wired.com/... @wired : “When software lets nonprogrammers do programmer things, it makes the programmers nervous. Suddenly they stop smiling indulgently and start talking about what “real programming” is.” https://www.wired.com/... Ray Ozzie / @rozzie : Never forget: VisiCalc, 1-2-3, Excel introduced everyone to functional programming. Notes users used @functions to build fields, forms, views, and collab apps. Access enabled countless SMBs. The PC empowered & freed us from The Man's control of SaaS. https://www.wired.com/...