This reminded me of the time I wrote a mini-language for querying web server log files and generating reports (this was early 2000s) so you could answer questions like "how many users searched for 'cyprus flight' per day and went on to purchase a holiday?". With a nice web-based interface etc.
It was a disaster of course. The business people weren't programmers, had no understanding of programming, didn't want to learn programming even greatly simplified with docs and examples, and I ended up translating their queries into code anyway. So essentially I had written a DSL for myself.
It was a disaster of course. The business people weren't programmers, had no understanding of programming, didn't want to learn programming even greatly simplified with docs and examples, and I ended up translating their queries into code anyway. So essentially I had written a DSL for myself.