apidays LIVE Helsinki & North 2021 - APIs, Platforms, And Ecosystems - Transforming Industries And Experiences March 15 & 16, 2021 The dark side of low-code tooling André Eriksson, Founder & CEO of Encore

1. Founder+CEOofEncore
Puppycaretaker.Coder.Ex-Spotifier.
AndréEriksson

3. apidays—Helsinki2021
André Eriksson, Founder & CEO @ Encore.dev
TheDarkSideofLow-Code

4. Productivity=
dolessundifferentiatedwork
+dodifferentiatedworkfaster

9. Datacenter Cloud Platforms Containers
Lessundifferentiatedwork
throughbetterabstractions.

10. Sowhataboutdevelopment?

16. Librariesdon'thelpus
dodifferentiatedwork
faster

17. Weneedbetter
toolsforcreation.

18. Weneedbetter
abstractionsforcreation.

19. Enterlowcode

20. 2
0
8
Code Low code
AbstractionLevel

21. Let'stalk
macarons.

32. Macaronsare
greatifyou're
inthemood
formacarons.

33. Macaronsare
greatifyou're
inthemood
formacarons.

34. Macaronsare
greatifyou're
inthemood
formacarons.
Notsogreatifnot.

35. Macaronsare
greatifyou're
inthemood
formacarons.
Notsogreatifnot.

36. Lowcodetoolsare
veryconstraining

37. Oftencodetoolsendup
beingtoohighlevel

38. 2
0
8
Code Low code
Noeasywayofmovingto
lowerabstractionlevel.

39. Lowcodetoolsmay
requireafullrewrite

40. Lowcodetoolsmay
limityourdifferentiation

41. GameEnginesaregreatatthis

42. GameEnginesaregreatatthis

43. GameEnginesaregreatatthis

44. GameEnginesaregreatatthis
• Incredibleproductivity
• Completefreedom

45. 2
5
8
Code ? Low code
Themissingpiece.

46. How likely will the
requirements change?
Considerations
1

47. How differentiated
is the experience?
2

48. Can we afford a rewrite
down the line?
3
The end

49. Productivity=
dolessundifferentiatedwork
+dodifferentiatedworkfaster

50. Thanks!
encore.dev
@TheSwedeheart