Paul J. Swider

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The Dark Years of Microsoft: How Low-Code Ate the Developer Platform

From roughly 2018 to 2025, Microsoft bet heavily on low-code.

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Paul J. Swider
Jun 04, 2026
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The Dark Years of Microsoft: How Low-Code Ate the Developer Platform

From roughly 2018 to 2025, Microsoft bet heavily on low-code. Power Platform, Power Automate, Dataverse, Dynamics extensibility, SharePoint lists, Teams apps, managed connectors, compliance centers — the whole stack moved toward “citizen development” inside a controlled SaaS boundary.

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