Exercise 1: Why "No-Code" Is a Spectrum, Not a Single Category — Possible Solution
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WHAT A SINGLE-CATEGORY VIEW WOULD ASSUME
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If "no-code" were one single category, every tool commonly described
that way would be functionally similar - roughly the same amount of
control, the same relationship to hosting, the same underlying
architecture - differing only in surface-level design or price.

WHY THIS CHAPTER'S OWN TABLE CONTRADICTS THAT ASSUMPTION
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Per this chapter's own spectrum table, "fully hosted, fully no-code"
tools like Wix and Squarespace mean "the platform owns the hosting,
the editor, and the underlying code entirely - you never see or touch
it." By contrast, "self-hosted CMS alone" (WordPress, as covered in
WordPress Fundamentals) means "content management is no-code;
extending functionality beyond it requires real code" - the site
owner in this second case actually owns their own hosting and has a
real, accessible codebase underneath, something entirely absent from
the Wix/Squarespace position.

TWO SPECIFIC POSITIONS SHOWING GENUINE, MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE
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Comparing "fully hosted, fully no-code" (Wix/Squarespace) against
"self-hosted CMS alone" (WordPress) directly: one position gives the
site owner zero access to or ownership of the underlying code and
infrastructure, while the other gives full ownership of the hosting
and a complete, accessible codebase that a developer could extend
directly. These aren't minor stylistic differences - they represent
fundamentally different answers to "who actually controls this site,"
which is precisely the kind of distinction a single-category view of
"no-code" would erase entirely.

WHY THIS MATTERS FOR THE COURSE'S OWN LARGER POINT
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Per this chapter, "no-code" is "a marketing term, not a technical
one" - a single unified category obscures exactly the kind of
ownership and control differences that would actually matter when
choosing a platform, which is why this chapter insists on treating it
as a genuine spectrum rather than a single, interchangeable label.

WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER
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It explains what a single-category assumption would imply, contrasts
two specific, named positions from this chapter's own table to show a
genuine, substantive difference between them, and connects that
difference back to the course's own stated reason for treating "no-
code" as a spectrum rather than one category.