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breuleuxlast Sunday at 4:08 PM1 replyview on HN

Part of the issue with "shipping" AI-generated code is, what's the value of shipping something that your prospective customers could just make for themselves? Shipping a product used to be the gold standard of value, but I'm not sure it is anymore, the zeitgeist just yet has to catch up.

I think it does have pretty good value when you are your own customer, because you can make exactly what you need. For instance, I'm using it to make a web playground in which I can test the board game I'm designing, instead of asking people to pay for, and install Tabletop Simulator. I'm satisfied. I can tell the code sucks without even looking at it. But I wouldn't have had the time to do this myself, the token cost isn't prohibitive, and it works fine.


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shepherdjerredlast Sunday at 4:26 PM

Most people still prefer products over building their own thing, even if the barrier is lower.

As an example consumer 3D printing hasn’t had much impact on manufacturing

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