Steve Stava

Steve Stava

Nocode enthusiast
Xano

What's great

Xano makes it possible to quickly build out the core of a product. It handles everything back-end. It is your datastore, your integration point, security/authentication/authorization, business logic and api interfaces. You can choose to use as much or as little of the Xano capabilities as needed.

The new addition of AI agents, MCP clients/servers has been a big boost for how Xano is leading the visual development industry.

What needs improvement

Xano 2.0 has taken a big step in making the improvement that was needed based on the AI agent development world. Having XanoScript to allow agents to build your platform via Xano and also being able to easily understand what was built since Xano is a visual development tool means you don't have to dig through a bunch of AI generated code to figure out what is going on. It is presented in Xano in an easy to understand visual construct.

I think the Xano folks are going to have to answer the question of what needs to be improved because they are already ahead of the game for where the development industry is heading!

vs Alternatives

I have been using Xano for years and continue to use it for any new product/project/adhoc-analysis I need to do. I chose it many years ago because it delivered on no-code/visual development capabilities and had a strong focus on everything back-end. They were ahead of the industry back then and continue to be to this day. A great testament to their vision and their execution.

Can we mix no-code steps with custom JavaScript?

Yes. You can use Xano's Lambda function and its AI Lambda builder to do custom Javascript when ultimate performance is needed. It also lets you import libraries in the Lambda so you can use existing industry standard libraries.

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