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by antoineMoPa 3601 days ago
I see no fun in using a WYSIWYG instead of a text editor & code. I also foresee trouble when a developer will have to deal with the produced code (Or rewrite everything from scratch).
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One of the great things about WYSIWYG is it brings you closer to what you're making. Bret Victor nails why this is important in his talk "Inventing on Principle" - these tools help beginners shape their idea into something usable. And obviously these things can't scale like Airbnb, but they can scale enough to get traction and convince a developer to join your team. As a potential co-founder, would you feel better about joining a non-technical founder 1) with an idea on a napkin or 2) some traction and a code-free prototype.
whats not fun about Bubbles?