This may very well be a cool product - I like the idea of people being able to build things without code (how do they architect a DB?).
Of course, as a lot of people are pointing out, this approach doesn't scale very well. To be fair, neither did the original Twitter, and it was built on Rails. They're different levels of scale, but if all you really need is a proof of concept this could solve the "How do I find a CTO so we can build a quick app and see if anyone cares?" problem.
I'd be careful pitching it (yet) as a "we'll never need engineers again" product, as I don't think that's the case; it is incredibly slow, and it errored out for me three times (http://take.ms/iwa9W). I still haven't been able to get in.
If the resulting sites can't handle a traffic spike, it's not that great a tool, is it? No one wants a hammer that shatters if you swing it too hard...
Being optimistic, it might just be a hosting problem.
Ya, to be fair I've seen Wordpress blogs go down under an HN spike, as well as a lot of stuff using socket connections for each user. Not many people build products expecting 100+ people to simultaneously use the site on day one.
Of course, as a lot of people are pointing out, this approach doesn't scale very well. To be fair, neither did the original Twitter, and it was built on Rails. They're different levels of scale, but if all you really need is a proof of concept this could solve the "How do I find a CTO so we can build a quick app and see if anyone cares?" problem.
I'd be careful pitching it (yet) as a "we'll never need engineers again" product, as I don't think that's the case; it is incredibly slow, and it errored out for me three times (http://take.ms/iwa9W). I still haven't been able to get in.