I think that’s harsh. There’s a place for low/no code solutions. It’s not for nothing that Excel runs the world. But I would agree that there are definite limits, and implementations don’t do themselves favors when they make short term decisions (visual representation and JSON serialized code, I’m looking at you)
Excel definitely does not run the world and most usage of excel is formula resolution, which is not programming. Of course, we may have vastly different understanding of what “running the world” entails.
