"No Code"​ is great. But here's why we need *Yes* Code.

What Is Code? If You Don't Know, You Need to Read This

The world belongs to people who code. Those who don’t understand will be left behind.

What Is Code? If You Don't Know, You Need to Read This

The world belongs to people who code. Those who don’t understand will be left behind.

No cost, no value | jola.dev

Why generating code makes it meaningless, why writing code by hand has value, and why toil is a critical part of the human experience.

Code Is Cheap Now. Software Isn’t.

The barrier to entry for building software has collapsed. The barrier to building something that matters hasn’t moved an inch.

NocoDB Cloud

Instantly turn your Database into a No-Code Platform

I Switched From Claude Code to OpenCode — Here's Why

I tested OpenCode against Claude Code for real development work. Here's what surprised me about the open-source alternative — and what I don't miss.

Accessibility of low-code approaches: A systematic literature review

Context: Model-driven approaches are increasingly used in different domains, such as education, finance and app development, in order to involve non-developers in the software development process. Such tools are hugely dependent on visual elements and thus might not be accessible for users with specific challenges, e.g., visual impairments. Objectives: To locate and analyse existing literature on the accessibility of low-code approaches, their strengths and weaknesses and key directions for future research. Methods: We carried out a systematic literature review and searched through five leading databases for primary studies. We used both quantitative and qualitative methods for data synthesis. Results: After reviewing and filtering 918 located studies, and conducting both backward and forward snowballing, we identified 38 primary studies that were included in our analysis. We found most papers focusing on accessibility of visual languages and block-based programming. Conclusion: Limited work has been done on improving low code programming environment accessibility. The findings of this systematic literature review will assist researchers and developers in understanding the accessibility issues in low-code approaches and what has been done so far to develop accessible approaches.

A backend for AI-coded apps

Instant 1.0 is out! This essay shows a bunch of demos, to explain why we think Instant is the best backend for AI-coded apps. We also cover the architecture that makes all of it work.

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A barcode generator that doesn't suck: 100% free, no ads, signup or cookies. Supports all barcode types. Instant, offline, on-device barcode generation with high quality SVG, PNG and PDF export options.

/code

/code in Google Labs contains various experiments for code and software development

Prompts are technical debt too

It’s common and correct to say that “all code is technical debt”. Adding code is a necessary evil for developing new features: you almost always have to do it, but each line of code adds to the complexity and maintenance burden of the system. All future changes to the system have to work with the existing code, or at least avoid breaking it. Once systems accumulate enough code, they become impossible for a single person to understand: instead of reading the code and understanding what it does, you must rely on guesses, theories and heuristics1. Sensible engineers write as little code as possible.

Does Writing Code Matter?

Ian Landsman’s 10 tips for moving from programmer to entrepreneur is excellent advice. Even if you have no intention of becoming an entrepreneur. One of the biggest issues I see is developers getting caught up in the code. Spending countless hours making a function perfect or building features which