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Comment by KumaBear

5 hours ago

I’d strongly disagree with one aspect. Homemade personal use software has Definately skyrocketed. Projects I never thought I’d even have the time for are now possible.

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asdff  1 hour ago

I wonder how much of this is "cool new tool I want to try and play with" vs genuine technical capabilities? I'm guessing you know how to write software already. I think part of what might be happening is the inertia of starting with a project seems to be lifted. It is almost like instant gratification. I'd rather have the cup of coffee in front of me vs having to up and make it sort of thing.

But I wonder how much of that putting off was actually a real assessment of how much time and effort a project would take, vs a sort of feeling or assumption that it would be tough, and perhaps avoidant behavior as a result where the task is constantly backburnered?

This is how it is with my personal projects. Hard to decide to sit down and started but once the ball is rolling, I pretty much get the entire thing done in one sitting, learn something and feel satisfied and accomplished. Never takes too much time as I assume. But boy to get started is the real tough part sometimes.

  • conception  8 minutes ago

    I am not a software engineer, but today with two prompts I made a cute sign/coloring book making application for my kids. It’s got zero test or code reviews and works perfectly. Traditional software for consumers is a dead man walking. Corporate will only be behind until they can figure out how to automate certifications and regulations.

ang_cire  5 hours ago

Yes, I am literally inundated by cool new tools I've built that I never would have before.

I'm literally building a black-box client + server emulator for one of my favorite old MMOs, remotely, from a coffe shop in SF as I type this, on my laptop at home via Claude remote-control.

Insane.

  • qwerpy  13 minutes ago

    My homelab has many fancy new things like a self-hosted gym app and many more metrics and dashboards in my home assistant instance, both of which I use on a daily basis. It also now runs a linux VM that is an always-on agent workspace, and various emulators & decompilers and their MCPs. I, like apparently everyone else, am also reverse engineering games and mashing them up for my own personal enjoyment. I've modded a few games for fun. I've done a security and utilization audit of my server and saved hundreds of dollars in server upgrades I would have bought if I didn't have AI identifying waste and optimizing things. I could have done all of those things before but I didn't, because of how annoying it is to have to dive so deep into the weeds to do small things.

    People who have the technical skills and free time for these hobbies, and aren't having the times of their lives right now, are missing out.

  • archagon  2 hours ago

    Well, Claude is building it. You are building it in the same sense that my manager was building the software I worked on at my last job.

    • ang_cire  24 minutes ago

      Yes, Claude is building it for me, and now I have the tool to use forever. Point being that there are now many more tools being made, which is contrary to the message of the article linked.

      That all aside, it's hilarious you apparently don't think managers or architects are actually contributors to sw dev.