70% less code

Happy Hump Day. The Twitter X saga continues. As it turns out, many companies have a copyright on ‘X’, most notably Meta, which owns the trademark for social networking. Could there be a summer of lawsuits? 

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No code or code? That’s the question many makers ask themselves when embarking on their next big thing. Both have pros and cons, but what if you could strike a middle ground that gives you the power of code minus the time commitment? 

MediaFlows launched today, built by the team at Cloudinary, it’s a low-code platform for image and video apps that combines visual building blocks with AI. A combination that, according to the makers, “lets you build crazy fast.”

Blocks, like Lego? Kind of, but just digital ones. MediaFlows comes with a drag-and-drop interface for building visual media workflows – along with out-of-the-box templates, logic, and integrations. Grab the function you need and place it where you want it in the flow. 

Where does the AI come in? Right from the start. MediaFlows comes packaged with the company's FlowAI technology which lets you use human-language prompts to generate the logic of your app.  

How fast is crazy fast? According to the makers, it reduces time spent coding by roughly 70%. MediaFlows isn’t meant to replace code entirely. It’s a low-code tool that the founders claim can dramatically reduce your time spent coding. 

So if you can’t decide between diving into the deep end of coding or the shallows of no-code, it might be worth dipping your toes into both.

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