Informationweek Podcast: Under AI, Is The Citizen Developer Era Over?
InformationWeek, Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
Where does AI coding leave citizen developers, who may have been hitting their stride, and ecosystems that incorporated no-code/low-code platforms?
Many organizations have at least explored the use of AI in coding, changing the game for professional developers and citizen developers alike. Not that long ago, the conversation focused on what no-code and low-code platforms meant for in-house development. Citizen developers, staffers with limited or no professional background in coding, could use these platforms to produce somewhat simplified apps.
That, in theory, left professional developers more time to focus on more robust, feature-rich software that required their skills.