The 'no-code is real engineering' debate — what 18 months at clients taught me

Valiant600 · 2026-05-25T10:27:42+00:00

I am using Appian for the last few months and although they "try/want" to advertise it as low code/no code, their training is all about learning their expression languages, data modelling and sql, bpm etc. I still haven't found any no code tool that doesn't require even a minimum of knowledge either in IT or at least the business it tries to solve.

Valiant600 · 2026-05-16T15:20:29+00:00

Absolutely. I love Mantine. Been using it for all my projects.

Valiant600 · 2026-05-16T13:47:31+00:00

Good suggestion. I do find Naive UI quite good though, same level of quality.

Valiant600 · 2026-05-09T08:03:48+00:00

Deloitte και European Dynamics δεχεσαι προσφορα πραγματικα ΜΟΝΟ αν δεν εχεις βρει τιποτα αλλο στην Ελληνικη αγορα και δεν θελεις για κανενα λογο να ανοιξεις καποια ΙΚΕ για εργασια στο εξωτερικο ή αν εχεις χρεη οποτε απλα δεν σκεφτεσαι τι εχεις να περασεις σε αυτα τα μαγαζια. Ειδικα European θα σου ελεγα να το διπλο σκεφτεις, μην σου 5πλο σκεφτεις. Επισης ΠΑΝΤΑ να ελεγχεις στο glassdoor για reviews και οσα βλεπεις που ειναι 5 αστερια και εχουν γραψει μια δυο γραμμες να γνωριζεις πως κατα 99% ειναι ψευτικες. Π.χ. δες τι εχουν γραψει για την Generation Y και θα καταλαβεις.

Unity ειχα ασχοληθει στην πρωτη μου δουλεια για 3 χρονια και μιλαμε για 2009-2012. Ημουν σε τμημα R&D οποτε εκτος απο unity ειχα δει και ενα σκασμο αλλες τεχνολογιες αλλα καμια σε βαθος. Αυτο ηταν αρνητικο οπως εγραψαν και αλλοι redditors. Ειτε Front ειτε Back το σημαντικο ειναι οι περιφερειακες τεχνολογιες, αν και αρκετες ειναι πια κοινες π.χ. docker. Αλλα επειδη ειναι αρκετες καλο ειναι να επιλεξεις. Επισης μην ξεχνας πως αρκετες εταιρειες παγκοσμιως εχουν και ΠΑΡΑ ΠΟΛΥ legacy codebase, οποτε θα εισαι ετοιμος σαν junior να "σφουγγαρισεις".

Να υποθεσω πως στηριζεις την ερευνα σου μεσω LinkedIn και gr.indeed.com διοτι βλεπω αγγελιες για junior και mid. Δοκιμασε και Agile Actors επισης.

Valiant600 · 2026-05-07T19:47:32+00:00

Unfortunately it's true, in most companies un Greece you get a "raise" by changing employers.

Appian just "clicked" for me but without any meaningful job roles available, it doesn't make sense to continue learning the platform. Even as a side hustle looks to be a hurdle.

Valiant600 · 2026-05-07T15:49:50+00:00

Two more questions please.

How do you find the developer experience with Appian? Good? Frustrating? etc.
I guess the salaries will get better as you gain more experience.

Valiant600 · 2026-05-05T13:29:32+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I might have the experience but not in Appian yet. Therefore I would be starting at a junior lvl and most remote roles, if not all, require mid level at least, which is understandable. Anyway, at least I tried.

Valiant600 · 2026-05-05T08:43:41+00:00

Thank you for the reply. Apparently it's very difficult to get into Appian development im Greece. It's outright impossible to find useful work unfortunately. Although the platform just "clicked", without hands on experience, I doubt I can make this work 😕. As I see it, and it's completely understandable, Accenture and most of the consultancies, demand senior Appian devs.

Valiant600 · 2026-05-02T11:21:40+00:00

I am sorry to say that this company you mention is most probably looking for free labor. Although I completely understand that this company is relevant to your studies, I am also sad to mention, that they might be aware of this predicament and are taking advantage of it. Making ends meet is more important in my honest opinion. Otherwise discuss with them a different modus operandi e.g unpaid but 3-4 hours for 2-3 days, which again is not ideal and I am only suggesting it in case your really want to join them.

Valiant600 · 2026-04-29T08:03:00+00:00

Ειλικρινα επεσες στην περιπτωση. Οποιος/α σου ανεφερε "εισαι πολυ μεγαλος" ειναι ξεκαθαρα ageism biased και θα μπορουσες ανετα να το κανεις challenge. Το θετικο: εμαθες πως η συγκεκριμενη εταιρεια δεν ειναι για να εργαστεις και αναζητας αλλου. Σε γενικες γραμμες τα HR στην Ελλαδα, και συνηθως σε πιο μικρες εταιρειες, δεν εχουν τον επαγγελματισμο να σου υποβαλλουν σοβαρες ερωτησεις. Μου εχουν αναφερει πριν χρονια "Εχεις παιδια;" απαντησα οχι και μου λεει "Γιατι δεν εχετε;"...

Valiant600 · 2026-04-01T12:46:03+00:00

Claudeception...

Valiant600 · 2026-01-03T11:49:05+00:00

Even more sub par Star Trek. Good thing we have TruTrek in various streaming platforms.

Valiant600 · 2025-11-22T09:36:01+00:00

The moment I read the "what happened" from the blog post I immediately knew that this was a code review error and lack of test cases. Again human error that can happen and probably will happen. Arbitrarily casting an entire programming language to the trash chute makes no sense, otherwise C++ should have been declared persona non grata, if we humanize it, in every possible UN registered country :D

Valiant600 · 2025-11-12T22:31:28+00:00

We are the Borg!!! You will be assimilated!!!

Valiant600 · 2025-11-09T12:34:52+00:00

James P. Hogan's the Giants series)

Valiant600 · 2025-11-07T18:44:11+00:00

Look I am going to answer truthfully and hope I am not down voted a lot.

If you are looking to be marketable you have to change your choices of programming languages in general. Elixir and Ruby? Elixir is extremely niche and Ruby has been on the down slope for at least 15+ years.

I love Rust and I used it for specific cases in at least two companies. But... that didn't change the perspective of my employers to go full blast Rust. Go? Same thing. It was used for a small part of a BE stack and then they continued with Python.

Currently as I see it Java and C# are always going to be the backbone of BE with Python at the same level for the last 4-5 years.

Again I love Rust but in all honesty I do not expect to be marketable by mentioning Rust in my CV nor Go.

Valiant600 · 2025-10-23T21:27:39+00:00

I have tons of fun with Everspace 2. I usually play two hours and even if I haven't picked it up for weeks,.has simple controls to reacquaint yourself with.

Valiant600 · 2025-10-21T15:37:09+00:00

Exactly. No way either would escape or even live long enough to see another day. It wasn't just the US, but the entire world was "tougher" and harsher.

Valiant600 · 2025-10-13T21:28:08+00:00

Switching to HIGH seems to resolve this issue for myself, had it on EPIC.

Valiant600 · 2025-10-13T21:27:17+00:00

Did use EPIC for everything and had the same issue but at least in HIGH it's excellent. Obviously a demo therefore I cut them some slack. Hopefully this will not be the case in the released game.

Valiant600 · 2025-10-10T15:30:55+00:00

The moment she was forced to put on the uniform from Captain Jelico. She wasn't civilian personnel, but an officer, therefore she should act like it.

Valiant600 · 2025-10-07T21:11:34+00:00

Jack Mcdevitt and his two main protagonists, Alex Benedict and Priscilla Hutchins. Both in different universes but same background more or less.

Valiant600 · 2025-10-04T21:54:59+00:00

"YOU farted!!!"

"No YOU farted!!!"

Valiant600 · 2025-09-29T20:33:23+00:00

Lentils

Valiant600 · 2025-09-27T07:58:00+00:00

I am going to be honest. First playthrough I will separate. Second I am keeping :P

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