Node-RED as Alternative Rule Engine

Hi,
with OH3 we got alternative rule engines like JS/Blockly.
Can somebody of OH foundation or whoelse can explain me, why blockly got prefered over node red IN OH3 as a default rule engine? I just see one, maybe two reasons:

  • blockly is used by other home automation software and OH
  • blockly might be easier to integrate (but a node red integration were already partly available in OH2)

IMO / fact is:

  • in business / professional area BPM (business process model) subjectly and technically is way more common / blockly is nowhere used there
  • blockly is looking way more complicate in the beginning, because it looks more difficult to see, where to start and end with compared to a BPM where you easily signals a start and end point

In all professional solutions where we talk about low/no code, BPM is there and blockly is not even mention tbh - IMO for a good reason.

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