I think no code/low code solutions certainly have a place, but the way they're currently designed is not necessarily helpful (I've worked on replacing integromat and automate.io solutions in the past). Those solutions are fine, for the most part, but they're main flaw is that in order to get anything done you have to integrate them with other tools/software, which means that you're limited by what parts of the api the developers exposed to the no-code. That and the abstractions they produce on the UI end can be confusing and difficult to navigate. That's less their fault and more of an outcome from being a shiny new tool trying to do everything, but it results in a solution that doesn't really work for the people who would go for a low-code solution in the first place.
A good model in my mind is Excel. The amazing part of Excel is that it can be used as a no-code tool, a low code tool, and extended with code macros. Even self-described non-coders who would otherwise be intimidated often use to extreme productivity. It's extremely visual, straightforward, and self-contained for the most part. The fact that it's so well documented as well is also hugely important. The no code solutions I've seen and worked with usually are fairly lacking in this regard, but excel has fairly clear documentation, the famous f1 key, and a support line[^1] which makes it a more default choice. The only problem is that integrating it with your other tools relies on either 3rd party plugins, a coder, or integrating specifically w/ other ms software.
[^1]: I had a professor state in a comparison between MATLAB and Python that the reason to choose MATLAB was that they had a customer support line. This wasn't a CS professor, so you shouldn't underestimate how much value is placed on talking to a human rather than RTFM by non-coders.
A good model in my mind is Excel. The amazing part of Excel is that it can be used as a no-code tool, a low code tool, and extended with code macros. Even self-described non-coders who would otherwise be intimidated often use to extreme productivity. It's extremely visual, straightforward, and self-contained for the most part. The fact that it's so well documented as well is also hugely important. The no code solutions I've seen and worked with usually are fairly lacking in this regard, but excel has fairly clear documentation, the famous f1 key, and a support line[^1] which makes it a more default choice. The only problem is that integrating it with your other tools relies on either 3rd party plugins, a coder, or integrating specifically w/ other ms software.
[^1]: I had a professor state in a comparison between MATLAB and Python that the reason to choose MATLAB was that they had a customer support line. This wasn't a CS professor, so you shouldn't underestimate how much value is placed on talking to a human rather than RTFM by non-coders.