I don't think people are grasping yet that this is the future of software, if by no metric other than "most software used is created by the user".
I don't think people are grasping yet that this is the future of software, if by no metric other than "most software used is created by the user".
The average user doesn't even know what a file is
Turns out that knowing what a plain text file is will be the criterion that distinguishes users who are digitally free from those locked into proprietary platforms.
Wont happen.
The average user just has no interest in building things.
Many parents are extremely interested in quickly building digital tools for their kids (education and entertainment) that they know are free from advertising, social media integration, user monitoring etc.
I'm saying this with all my love and respect: you are living in a very small bubble
That may be true. But you also have to give the average parent more credit by assuming they don't want tech companies spying on their children and forcing their toxic platforms on them.
There are well attended parent evenings in our school on that topic.
Thinking about it, we should turn these into vibe coding hackathons where we replace all the ad-ridden little games, learning tools, messengers we don't like with healthy alternatives.
Which is why they will use AI to do the building...
So... The future is like the past?
That would be good news, but I doubt most people will do things like that.
>most software used is created by the user
You really believe that?
Yes, because the current software paradigm (a shed/barn/warehouse full of tools to suite every possible users every possible need) doesn't make sense when LLMs can turn plain English into a software tool in the matter of minutes.
>LLMs can turn plain English into a software tool in the matter of minutes.
Unless LLMs can read minds, no one will bother to specify, even in plain english with the required level of detail. And that is assuming the user has the details in mind, which is also something pretty improbable...
You need to think outside the box a little. They're not going to need to write a requirements doc from scratch. They'll tell it to copy a piece of software which is already established and make some customisations or improvements based on their needs. This is a few sentences.
That wasn't being claimed, just proposed as the direction we're headed.
Another user had already written what I had in mind when I responded to your comment..
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387570
> I don't think people are grasping yet that this is the future of software
What about this is new?
Sitting down with a child to teach them the very basics of javascript in an hour? Trivial.
Needing Claude to do it is kind of embarassing, if anything.