alt Hacker NewsLooking at the commit history, this came together pretty fast. Assuming it's AI-assisted (hard to know for sure), it's a good example of the opposite of the "AI replaces developers" narrative.
AI is making whole categories of projects viable that simply weren't before. Not because they were technically impossible, but because they were too time-consuming for a niche audience to justify the effort.
Thanks for the cool project! (testing now)
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LtWorf • yesterday at 9:58 PM
Similar software existed at the time of windows 95. A pentium 2 could do it.
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I've built so many fun projects that I've been meaning to build using AI, and my boss has as well.
I do agree that AI does make a whole category of projects feasible, but I disagree that AI does not also replace developers.
Should AI replace developers? I'd argue no, and the recent Amazon outage proves that.
But is AI replacing developers? Many companies seem to be doing so, whether or not it's a good idea.
I've also subscribed to the idea that even if AI doesn't replace me, I could be replaced by a developer using AI, so it's in my best interest to understand how to use it effectively (hence the projects!)