A founder kept the same tech stack for 15 years. Most projects now last around 15 months. That short lifespan is why no-code and low-code tools deliver real value: they let you ship fast instead of building for permanence you won't need.
So I was recently talking to the founder of this pro-code-based company, a sort of indie hacker type company that has been using the same tech stack for about 15 years. And he was talking about how great it was that his stack could remain the same and that he's only had to move his service providers twice over the course of the last 15 years. And that's great for him. The, but I think a key question we're asking about no-code versus putting more code into the table stakes part of our application. Is going to be how long do we expect the artifact itself to last. The longer you expect it to last, the more effort you might want to put into the, the table stakes parts. But what I found in general is technology is moving really quickly and the number of things that last 15 years is much shorter than the number of things that only last, say, 15 months. That is where the no-code creates a whole lot of value because you get to front load to get more of those initial 15 months because you're able to ship it a lot more quickly.
