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nicboutoday at 8:24 PM0 repliesview on HN

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...