Low-Code Development

Low-code platforms like Oracle APEX have a clear advantage in the AI era, as the LLM generates the metadata for the app out of your functional specification, not the actual code itself. As the low-code platform vendor is in charge of the underlying code, you can rely on it to be maintainable , more secure and legally bulletproof . Let's go through these in more detail. Maintainable Vibe coding quickly leads to a code mess as the LLM doesn't really optimize the code, it just implements your request. On code level, an identical function might be implemented multiple times by the LLM. A low-code platform returns HTML/JS/CSS to the web browser out of the metadata in runtime based on optimized, proven internal code. This means that your app is always state-of-the-art when upgrading the low-code platform and should bugs arise, they are the responsibility of the vendor to solve, not the developer. More Secure Many security features in Oracle APEX are turned on or are restrictively se...

I have been vibe coding in my spare time lately and managed to create and publish an iOS app called SnoreBuzzer  within 2(!) days. Do I have knowledge of the underlying Swift programming language? Zero. I created the app solely by prompting and focusing on the functional specification. OpenAI Codex did the heavy lifting: code generation, improving code quality, and documentation (incl. generating a data privacy statement). I specified my intent and tested the outcome. As a developer, I still kept an eye on the code to make sure it did not end up in a mess, so understanding the code is still required, but you definitely do not need to write it yourself anymore. As I let Codex make changes to my code, I regularly checked in to Git so I could easily revert changes if Codex messed things up, but that happened for only 5% of my prompts. Now to the big picture of this: a new age for developers is rising. In a couple of years, every developer will be using prompts for most of his developm...

  The 3-day conference schedule for APEX connect 2026 is now online  and it is packed with content for APEX & PL/SQL developers: 3 keynotes delivered by Carsten Czarski , Connor McDonald and Karen Cannell 70 regular 45 minute sessions  covering all topics around APEX, (PL/)SQL and its solutions 1:1 sessions with experts and several hands-on workshops To take you through all new exciting features of Oracle APEX 26.1 and Database 26ai , a lot of the key architects and product managers from around the globe are coming to APEX connect: - Carsten Czarski - Patrick Wolf - Ronny Weiß - Scott Spendolini - Connor McDonald - Ralf Müller - Sonja Meyer - Toon Koppelaars They will be accompanied with excellent presenters from the community, most of them having an Oracle ACE status. To name just a few: - Alex Nuijten - Karen Cannell - Moritz Klein - Patrick Barel - Philipp Hartenfeller - Philipp Salvisberg - Roel Hartman The magic happens 18-20 May in Heide Park (Soltau/Germa...