The End of No Code

Bending Spoons' $1.28 billion acquisition of Airtable signals the end of the no-code platform era, as large language models with tool use have fundamentally changed how software is built. No-code platforms like Airtable succeeded by enabling non-technical users to organize data and automate workflows when traditional IT procurement was too restrictive, but AI's ability to generate code directly undermines their core value proposition. The shift represents a transition from platforms that abstract away technical complexity to AI systems that can handle both the abstraction and implementation automatically.