low-code

Witam w sto trzecim odcinku podcastu „Porozmawiajmy o IT”. Tematem dzisiejszej rozmowy jest low-code / no-code.

Dziś moim gościem jest Michał Guzowski – Microsoft MVP. Od ponad 8 lat związany z technologiami Microsoft. Triathlonista, miłośnik książek i podróży. Ojciec, mąż. Biohaker. Posiadacz certyfikatów Microsoft. Przedsiębiorca i organizator spotkań dla branży IT.

W tym odcinku o low-code / no-code rozmawiamy w następujących kontekstach:

• czym jest low-code?
• czym jest no-code?
• jakie są obszary zastosowań tych podejść?
• jakie są przewagi low-code/no-code nad tradycyjnym programowaniem?
• jakie są wady tych technik?
• czy ich stosowanie nie wymaga żadnej wiedzy programistycznej?
• czy takie rozwiązania się skalują?
• czy funkcjonuje już taka specjalizacja jak no-code developer?
• czy specjalizowanie się w tych rozwiązaniach może być dobrym punktem wejścia do IT?
• czy no-code zabierze pracę programistom?
• czy low-code stanie się niedługo standardem w branży?
• jak rozpocząć pracę z tym podejściem?

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Guy Mettrick, Global Industry Lead – Financial Services, Appian 

Artificial intelligence or applied intelligence? Either way, take-up is set to increase rapidly in 2021 with, for example, AI-powered fraud detection coming down in cost and becoming more readily available. Guy Mettrick of Appian discussed the outlook for AI, operational resilience and low-code solutions with Robin Amlot of IBS Intelligence.  

In our end-of-year special, OutSprint's Mário Cunha, Tiago Neves, Caroline Nicholas and Gary Williams chat about family holiday traditions and exchange tech gift ideas for kids and adults!

Co-hosts Mário & Gary chat to DevOps Engineers from Digital Ventures, Jamie Milburn & Cygilant, Michael Garland about DevOps, the processes behind it, its benefits, how to get into the field and its future.

It’s no secret that for year’s CIO and CTO’s have stressed about the idea of undergoing digital transformations. After all, the adoption and implementation of new technologies can be stressful, but the timeline to complete this roadmap is often littered with obstacles and delays. Jay Jamison knows this all too well. It was during his time at Hewlett Packard Enterprises that he began wondering if there was a better, more efficient route. Turns out, there was.

“I don't want to go to a CIO and say [their digital transformations] are going to take three years, when it really is going to be five,” Jamison said. “I want to be able to go to a CIO and say ‘We're going to get you a solution in place that's going to create value for your business in this quarter.’”

The solution Jay is referring to is the growing use of low-code application platforms. Today, Jay serves as the Chief Product and Technology Officer at QuickBase, a low-code solution that is being deployed by Fortune 500 companies such as Southwest Airlines, Columbia and SiriusXM Satellite radio. On this episode of IT Visionaries, Jay takes us into what that low-code solution looks like, and why it might be the remedy to the stress of digital transformations.

Main Takeaways

• Mind the Gap: One of the biggest advantages low-code provides is the ability to help companies deploy and iterate applications at a rapid pace. Low-code also helps democratize DevOps, which is allowing non-developers to work on deploying software.
• Operation Agility: When your customers have the ability to be deeply involved in the research and development of applications that they are going to use, it leads to a process known as operational agility. When that happens, your customers will adopt and deploy the application at a quicker pace.
• The Road Less Traveled: Companies often stress about their digital transformation roadmaps — which can take years to implement. Instead, focus on a dual-track solution. Work on changing over your bedrock technologies and allow low-code software to handle your smaller issues. This way you can still pivot and scale applications as needed.

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There’s no bigger buzzword in technology than the term digital transformation. Stressed with the burden of fading legacy technologies, for years companies have viewed the process of upgrading their technology stack as a luxury rather than a necessity. Now, as more employees abide by work from home orders, that directive has shifted and those transformations are at the forefront of companies' needs. Christopher Rigg is the COO of EKI Digital, a company with the  mission of simplifying the daunting task of upgrading technology stacks through quantitative analysis. 

On this episode of IT Visionaries, Christopher discusses the growing need for putting the employee experience first, the war to accumulate and retain talent and why low-code offerings are helping organizations around the world operate efficiently.

Main Takeaways

• Analysis by Paralysis: By taking a quantitative approach when looking at your tech stack, you can have a better understanding of the steps you need to take in order to successfully manage your digital transformation. Look past your legacy technologies and focus on the hard numbers so you can tell where you can spend money, what software you can eliminate, and focus on the areas of need.
• Retain Talent: In order to retain talent, you must deploy an employee experience that is seamless and efficient, but also one that is appealing. Focus on software that enables your employees to do their job where they are, and focus on the pieces of technology that make working remotely more appealing.
• No-Code, Low-Code: Low-code offerings are enabling organizations to operate at a much more efficient level. While engineering is a competitive field, by offering low-code opportunities, organizations can operate at a more efficient pace while deploying coders who might not be as skilled but have a better understanding of the organization

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Vous êtes un grand utilisateur de Webflow, Google Sheet ou Zapier dans votre travail ? A votre façon, vous participez activement à la révolution “no-code” et “low-code” qui s’apprête à agiter le monde des entreprises. Pratiques, efficaces et accessibles à tous, ces outils permettent un gain de temps, d’efficacité et de qualité formidables, pour tous les métiers. A condition que les entreprises sachent s’en saisir, contrôler leur implémentation pour en profiter pleinement. Notre Senior Project Manager Baptiste Horny nous explique comment.

Mapping business processes and then developing software to suit those processes: that's the ethos behind the open-source Camunda platform, which can be extended further by paid-for proprietary functionality.

Low-code, loadsa code and no-code development, robotic process automation, the cloud and the ways that companies are connecting and automating their legacy and new systems are just some of the subjects we touch on, as Jakob talks us through definitions and ways of approaching so-called "digital" transformation.

From the enviable position of always being profitable since start-up, Camunda's platform is found in many of the world's most well-known organizations.

Berliner Jakob on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakob-freund-a3a7a33/

Camunda's web presence right here:

https://camunda.com/

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

Links:

Alper’s Twitter account

Kuika the startup they are building

Show notes:

Alper starts by explaining to me why and how he joined this startup. (0:50)

How did they find a business opportunity? (2:07)

How did he choose the right technologies for building this idea? (3:02)

Alper explains to me that he first build the apps they want to build, and then, they build the software that can generate the apps they first build (4:27)

Did the technology they used or the solution they built change over time? (4:52)

What are the engineering methodologies they use at a startup and did that mature over time? (7:08)

- Alper explains to me that they developed and still evolve their methodology in an iterative process.

- They tried all kind of processes and methodologies and always reflected on how it fits their current need.

Alper mentions that how they do things in Turkey is different than how people do things in the Netherlands. Of course, I want to learn more about that (10:06)

Has testing been a part of their software engineering process from the beginning on?

- Well, it has been tricky, Alper says. And it evolved over time. But finally they came up with a great tool that helps them to detect regressions and saves them a lot of time. (11:55)

And do they do code reviews? (14:48)

Are they still doing retrospectives and changing things as rigorously as at the beginning? (16:42)

Alper explains how they always strive to make the processes and practices enjoyable and beneficial for every team  member. (18:16)

Alper says that one of the most important thing a engineer does is to say that he can't do something. That way, the whole team can find a solution. (20:00)

At his startup, engineers are allowed to work 20% of their time on something that interests them. One of his employees decided to build a wedding invitation app. Alper says, this is just such an valuable experiment, because this employee knows exactly how is is to be in the customer shoes. (22:00)

You want to listen to feedback from customers or lead, but at the same time you have to be careful that it isn't misleading, Alper says. (25:16)

Alper learns every day at the startup, but most of the technologies they knew from previous experiences.  (29:36)

So, how did Alper get the first customer? From their personal network, he explains. (37:22)

Alper also talks about their investors and their relationships. In fact, they are very involved in the company. (38:23)

Did they have troubles hiring for their startup and how did they overcome those challenges? (41:45) 

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DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Matthew Creager (@matt_creager, Co-Founder & VP Developer Relations @manifoldco) about the challenges of cloud silos, connecting apps to multiple cloud services, the importance of collaboration beyond just coding, and how Manifold makes it simpler to integrate apps to align to business needs. 

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background prior to Manifold, and what motivated you to focus on this new model of application development and integration.  

Topic 2 - I know one truth about developers, that they prefer things to be simple or taken care of for them. Beyond that, I’m not sure of any absolute truths. It seems like Manifold is somewhere near the intersection of Low-Code and PaaS and Integration Services (API Gateways or Middleware) and CI/CD. Beyond simplicity, how do you describe what Manifold does? 

Topic 2a - What is the interaction between the Manifold services and Prefab.cloud services? 

Topic 3 - I really like the idea of shared projects and shared billing. How much do you find that overlapping or re-inventing slows down developers? 

Topic 4 - Can you help us understand the business model or community model? 

Topic 5 - Can you share any examples of how Manifold has helped companies and teams accelerate their application development models?

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