| ▲ | nicbou 3 hours ago | |
I agree for writing, but not for coding. An app can be like a home-cooked meal: made by an amateur for a small group of people.[0] There is nothing boring about knocking together hyperlocal software to solve a super niche problem. I love Maggie Appleton's idea of barefoot developers building situated software with the help of AI.[1, 2] This could cause a cambrian explosion of interesting software. It's also an iteration of Steve Jobs' computer as a bicycle for the mind. AI-assisted development makes the bicycle a lot easier to operate. [0] https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/ [1] https://maggieappleton.com/home-cooked-software [2] https://gwern.net/doc/technology/2004-03-30-shirky-situateds... | ||