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Low-Code, No-Code, AI-Code… Coding without Coders?

Posted on 31-10-2023 by Bert Laverman

Low-code and no-code have been with us since the nineteen fifties, trying to make programming easy and turn business users into “citizen developers.” Code generation using AIs is taking this approach even further, promising to reduce the formality of the … Continue reading →

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Closing the Knowledge Gap

Posted on 11-02-2018 by Bert Laverman

If they were handing out Lamborghini’s for free, let’s say the Aventador, would you take one? I know that for myself, this would be a bit of a poser. I’ve seen enough lotteries where you could win dreamcars, but in … Continue reading →

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The Problem with XML

Posted on 25-10-2012 by Bert Laverman

XML is an amazingly successful standard for representing data in a portable and cross-platform readable way. Unfortunately also suffers from that limitation Crocodile Dundee noted about certain bush-foods: you can live on it, but it tastes like sh*t. XML is … Continue reading →

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Arquillian and Forge, Fast and Furious?

Posted on 07-10-2012 by Bert Laverman

Ok, I have run through the “Get Started Faster with Forge” introduction and it worked. Applause. Let’s start with the findings:

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