The End of No Code
The author argues that the acquisition of Airtable marks the end of the 'No Code' era, suggesting that LLMs and AI-driven tool use have rendered traditional no-code platforms less relevant. The piece reflects on the evolution of database software and the shift toward AI-integrated workflows.
Why it matters
It signals a potential paradigm shift in software development, where AI agents may replace the need for visual no-code interfaces in business process management.
You may have heard the news: Bending Spoons acquired Airtable for $1.28 billion. Rome didn’t fall in a day, but this is as good a point as any to mark the moment No Code platforms jumped the shark. Full disclosure, I worked at Airtable for many years, love the product, and love the people I worked with there even more. It’s the technology, namely the unreasonable effectiveness of LLM loops with tool use , that’s changed.
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