[denster]

I think this is a fantastic way to describe it!

I spent 5 years in the 90s creating a WYSIWYG tool with Visual Basic 6 , and VB6 was a life saver.

I think retool is a fantastic, modern-day re-incarnation of that.

However, I think when the UX is important -- that is, a rich, pixel-perfect design combined with robust facilities to define custom app logic, a principles-first approach has to be taken.

We've taken one stab at this, to say that logic should be defined in a spreadsheet specifically tailored for the app-building purpose, and I think only time will tell if this approach is right. [1]

[1] Take with a grain of salt, I'm the founder of

https://mintdata.com