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"easily code and build products and stuff" Those are three different things. Most of these AI agents can produce working code in different languages. Whether t
by ogou 2y ago
"easily code and build products and stuff"
Those are three different things. Most of these AI agents can produce working code in different languages. Whether that matches tightly defined business needs is a different matter. Writing code that makes a P5.js sketch that animates a cat is a neat trick, but not something you can build a product around. Building products is a broad enterprise and can be very difficult, even with a full team of highly skilled engineers. Google and Facebook have access to the best engineers on the market and even they make products that bomb or go way over budget and deadline. The "and stuff" part is usually the part that makes money. Logistics, financial infrastructure, marketing, marketplace differentiation, and much more go into successful business built on software. An AI agent can describe those things in plausible terms, but can't manifest any of it.
What these platforms CAN do is help prototype experiments quickly. Then you could take it to a Dev team and have it built properly. I think that is an interesting future and will allow more people to participate in the early stages of some projects.