Where AI actually helps in low-code (and where it just makes noise)

Placeholder — outline below. This one’s begging to be a proper piece.

Every low-code platform now has an AI button. Some of it is genuinely useful; a lot of it is a demo that falls apart on contact with real data. My rough split, to be expanded:

Where it earns its keep

• Turning plain-language descriptions into formulas and validation rules.
• Drafting the first version of a workflow you then tighten by hand.
• Summarising and classifying messy inbound text (tickets, emails, form notes).

Where it just makes noise

• Anything that needs to be exactly right with no human check.
• “Build my whole app from a sentence” — great demo, fragile result.
• Decisions where you can’t explain why the AI did what it did.

The throughline: AI is a fantastic first-draft engine and a poor final authority. More to come — including concrete Zoho examples.