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YesClaude Code · 26 Jan 2026

the calculus just wasn't there when I could spin up internal dashboard tools in less time with better functionality and less work

sergiotapia on Hacker News

In the thread “RIP Low-Code 2014-2025”

Helped: Building real tools directly instead of finagling low-code features.

Got in the way: Low-code AI failed to navigate the platform's limited featureset.

I can only speak for my work. We tried for a few months to use Retool and N8n but the calculus just wasn't there when I could spin up internal dashboard tools in less time with better functionality and less work. It was truly a win/win/win all around. …