Comment by skybrian
1 month ago
For software developers, the equivalent is writing software without beta testers. If you don’t seek out users, you will likely build something nobody else wants.
And, that’s what I do. I’m retired and I use AI to build websites for myself. If anyone else ends up using it, that will be a happy side-effect.
If we want to do collaboration, we are going to need to do it intentionally rather than relying on side effects like conversations with cab drivers.
Counterpoint: most Open Source projects are (or started off as) programs people built for themselves, and anyone else ending up using them was a happy side-effect.
And yet, many people have ambitions. They will put up a website about how great their software is and how everyone should use it.
I usually put a warning that it's experimental and might not be maintained. More users, more problems.
(And yet, I'll confess to be slightly disappointed that nobody is using software that I didn't promote.)