India, Sept. 4 -- Everyone's asking the wrong questions about low-code/no-code tools. They're treating this like it's some new phenomenon when it's actually the continuation of a multi-decade story.

Let me tell you that story - because understanding where we've been is the only way to make sense of where we're going.

Let's start with a story about Acme Corporation, a fictional company. It was founded in the early 1950s and was in the business of manufacturing, distributing, and selling things to other businesses and individuals.

In the first decade, their operations, Acme Corporation, were a middling player. They were not the worst, nor were they the best. Their biggest bottlenecks were truly understanding customer demand to optimise t...