I didn’t finish this article because I’m procrastinating before a minor deadline, but I read enough to realise that my prior bias against no-code software was excessively strong and largely based in gatekeepy ideals; I am a weirdo who loves to tinker, and I earnestly believe that many of the people who don’t consider themselves techy could find joy in this path if not for platform capitalism, bullshit laws around software, and IT education that creates a class of obedient users.

However, it’s unrealistic to hope that it’s possible to “convert” everyone to this path, or even the majority of people. It’s useful to remind myself that my goal of facilitating more tinkerers and builders in the world is that I think that’s a route towards greater empowerment and freedom in interfacing with our tech-heavy world, and that the template that feels most natural to me is not the only route to tech empowerment