2023-08-28 00:10:00
“Amazon launched cloud service in 2020 to help non-programmers build apps,” read the 2020 headline on CNBC: Apps Both Mobile and Web. Pero theodp, A veteran Slashdot reader, you’ve got the rest of the story: Customers have told us that the need for custom apps far exceeds the ability of developers to build them,” Amazon Web Services explained while speaking. I jumped on the bandwagon of “little” or “nothing” of code, in 2020…
But just three years later, Amazon published a “Dear Valued Customer” letter announcing that it is pulling the plug on Honeycode at the end of February: “To our valued customers: Thank you for participating in the Amazon Honeycode beta program… After careful consideration, We have made the decision to end the beta service, effective February 29, 2024.
As of today, we are no longer accepting new customer registrations for the beta version of Honeycode. However, as an existing customer, you will be able to use Honeycode and your Honeycode apps normally (and add team members to your existing account) until February 29, 2024, when service will be discontinued. After this date, you will no longer be able to use Honeycode or any of the apps you built on Honeycode.”
Amazon advises the “valued customers” it’s stranding to use Honeycode’s “Export Data” option (“a handy way to organize your information in a CSV file,” even though “formulas won’t export”). They also warn that “We will keep your data until April 29, 2024. If you do not take any action, your data will be deleted on April 30, 2024.”
Amazon adds that the spirit of Honeycode (RIP, 2020-2024) will live on in its other products: “We are incorporating lessons from the Amazon Honeycode beta into existing services and remain committed to supporting low-code and no-code services, including Amazon SageMaker Canvas (2021-?), AWS Amplify Studio (2021-?), and AWS AppFabric (2023-?)
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