Software Bonkers

Bit late to the party mate. Everyone cycled into llm psychosis in December and had cycled out by February or so

I think the overarching trend is "Buy v. Build" has reversed as hard as Roe v. Wade

If we haven't already crossed this point, the time that goes into software procurement, implementation, hand-off with the vendor, talking to support, getting customization will be less than just making something turnkey that solves exactly your problems

But we're definitely at the point already where building something quickly with AI is a already much more fun and rewarding use of time for any semi-technical person

reading articles like this, i really wish people would before headlines before a group of paragraphs so i can scan the progression/points and see if its worth reading... a wall of paragraphs and a title like "software bonkers" doesn't help

just my 2c

As impressive as it sounds, I don’t think this is representative of the AI panorama. It’s difficult for non tech people to build tailored software just like that, and unless things change drastically, I don’t see the majority of the population building their own software just like they use mobile phones

ARE we still in the dorks-only phase? i am certainly a gigantic loser, but i am not sure i am the sort of dork being invoked and i have been doing and thinking about the exact same kinda stuff. i think the genie is out of the bottle or whatever

Maybe not the most interesting article on HN, but I need to agree. Accounting in general is way too completex. For a Non business case (no tax involved), I decided to use hledger, but my "UI" to it is just an LLM. It was nerver so simple to make "okay enough" book keeping.

The phenomenon this describes is the most important effect of LLM coding tools, and this is my favorite description of it.

okay

Lost me at "Claude Code".