The State Changers discussed the use of no-code tools for accelerating their understanding of customer needs, product development, and achieving product-market fit in lean startup environments. They noted the significant shift these tools have brought about, enabling entrepreneurs to be both business designers and product designers. However, they also highlighted challenges related to scalability when using no-code tools and the perception problem they can create before investors due to their name suggesting a lack of something.
They highlighted the advantages of low code tools like React, Vue, etc., for rebuilding and validating products on a technical level after establishing product-market fit. There was a consensus that starting with user experience in no-code environments can lead businesses in the right direction. The State Changers also discussed the issues of information bottleneck, code ownership, and the difficulty of sharing app-building information due to the less widespread understanding of no-code tools. They shared experiences of dealing with deprecated features and lack of knowledge transfer when having to work with foreign legacy code and the problems with maintaining code built using outdated tools or technologies. The meeting ended with a reflection on the value of no-code tools in terms of accelerating time to launch, facilitating iterative learning from the market, bringing costs down, enabling domain experts to leverage their expertise, and allowing quick business rebuilding. The most useful code, they concluded, isn’t necessarily the one on the page, but the one in your head - the understanding of the business itself. Keywords: Lean startup, no-code tools, product-market fit, React, Vue, scalability, user experience, code ownership, bottleneck, deprecated features, domain expertise, business rebuilding.
(Source: Office Hours 5/23 Extra: ReactJS )
