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Low-code tools
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2022–2025), in 5 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Low-code tools, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 7 complaints
- Scripting language based on Excel formulas makes the low-code builder clunky and convoluted2025-11-25
- Similar configurations must be redone one by one, with no bulk editing2024-12-01
- Visual low-code tools are hard to search, version control and integrate, making code hard to navigate2023-04-15
- Takes a long time to build simple CRUD interfaces despite expectations of a few clicks2022-09-24
- Site feels overwhelming and slow; animations pull attention away from content2022-05-28
- Site glitches and runs very slowly in Safari, making setup feel tedious2022-05-28
- Animations cause choppy playback, CPU load, battery drain and distraction on some devices2022-05-28