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> but if you just need to build a simple internal app or a script to automate something for a small business, That was the promise of wordpress, nocode and boi

> but if you just need to build a simple internal app or a script to automate something for a small business, That was the promise of wordpress, nocode and boilerplate crud frameworks. You didnt even need to prompt them, just click a few buttons and be done. Yet no sane businessman spends time hacking scripts even if with the help of an ai. The idea that they will spend time prompting chatbots doesnt stand. They will however leverage it to boost productivity in their daily tasks as with any other tool. Indie hackers on the other hand will use them. But they are not really business people.

coldtea 3y ago
>Yet no sane businessman spends time hacking scripts Huh? >The idea that they will spend time prompting chatbots doesnt stand. Huh? I guess your definition depends on the "sane" part, to function as a "no true Scotsman" argument. That is, if someone points to businessmen that do it, and that they are plenty, you can always argue that they're not the "sane" ones. Otherwise, businessmen (startup founders, people with some idea they try to test for a sidegig, etc.) do "hack on scripts", and will absolutely use GPT-style chatbots to build code/websites/etc for their businesses. So, if we remove the "no true Scotsman"-style "sane" qualifier, your statement doesn't hold: businessman do spend time hacking scripts even without the help of an ai, and the idea that they will spend time prompting chatbots stands 100%. I think your idea of "businessman" is someone with a suit making deals and thinking about the business part only, which is not how a lot of tech/online business work. The distinction between "indie hackers" and "businessmen" is much more blurred.