I think that's really the key for the most productive individuals I've met.

A lot of things that I've paid for subscription services in the past I've just replaced with personalized software for myself. It's not something I would ever release publicly for others to use because I'm sure there's a million edge cases that wouldn't work for a broader audience, but it's perfect for me and saves me a ton of money.

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utopiah a day ago | parent | next [-]

The most productive individuals were already doing that before, maybe they were "just" scripting, doing macros, going to training on how to extend their workflow. The most productive individuals didn't wait for AI to bother IT by explaining how THEIR very unique situation was special and they needed that one special tool nobody else wanted. They were already using FLOSS tools or heck even had a budget dedicated for a dev to help them precisely because they care. Nothing changed for them ... but for those who wanted to emulated them and never dared, maybe those do have now an excuse to try.

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ImaCake 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>The most productive individuals were already doing that before

Okay, maybe. So I am not a productive individual but now I also have all these "never bother releasing" projects because what was previously too much work is now 10 minutes of telegram messaging.

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vconnor 14 hours ago | parent [-]

How do you feel after putting 10 minutes of thumb dance into them now? Do you feel your programming skills have improved? Does your heart soar?

Accomplishment is proportional to effort. Skill building is proportional to complexity. All you have done is crossed an arbitrary item off a todo list.

	▲	ImaCake 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's quite fun actually. I like how the effort is in the design and thinking about what I actually want rather than on the barely relevant scripting (e.g. I know what I want when I ask for a linear model, but it's a faff to remember how to implement an lm in python when I only know the R syntax). Sometimes a PoC from an LLM is a great way to go "oh that idea sucked actually" or "oh I thought I wanted this but I really want to try this instead...". Getting to actually test my ideas instead of having them locked away because I have more pressing things to do is great.

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catdog 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think a lot changed for them. Doing all this while often beneficial was very tedious and time consuming by itself, way easier now. Of course they profit even more because they've already got the habit.

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guhidalg a day ago | parent | prev [-]

This is just like in woodworking and jig making. Sure you can buy a pre-made jig, but you can now just 3D print (vibe code) one that's good enough and is uniquely made for the way you work.

Does this mean that jig makers out there are out of business? Sort of, they need to sell jigs complex enough that you wouldn't want to / be capable of making.