Low-code platforms have spent a decade fighting for legitimacy in serious engineering shops. The honest answer is that they are excellent at some things and unsuitable for others.
Where Low-Code Wins
- Internal tools that would otherwise sit in a spreadsheet
- Workflows that change weekly but are not differentiating
- Prototypes that need to feel like products before code is written
Where It Struggles
Anything performance critical, anything with deep custom UI, and anything that needs to survive your platform vendor still belongs in real code.
The Real Question
Who maintains it when the original builder leaves? Low-code rewards platforms that treat artifacts as version-controlled, reviewable, and exportable.
Conclusion
Use low-code where it eliminates real engineering work, not where it merely hides it. The difference is usually visible within a year.