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So you build tools that attempt to make it easier to make mobile apps (PhoneGap, Trigger, Titanium etc) and the geeks cry "use native code!". I'm looking forwa

So you build tools that attempt to make it easier to make mobile apps (PhoneGap, Trigger, Titanium etc) and the geeks cry "use native code!". I'm looking forward to the day where we can build any website/app/program/idea by simply having a conversation with our computers (or the cloud). 12 year-old: "I want a mobile app that finds my friends on Facebook nearby", comp: "Sure, how's this?", 12yo: "Cool, I want to be able to post a message to all nearby friends", comp: "Here you go. Do you want it to send an SMS or a push notification or?"...etc... As much as 98% of HN will hate this concept, the faster coding can become more modularized and easy enough for the mainstream to build whatever idea comes to mind, the better off society will be and the faster humanity will progress.

rickmb 14y ago
If we ever build computers smart enough for that, they'll probably also be smart enough to tell us to go f* ourselves. Even more probable if by that time we are still preoccupied with social networking trivialities.
a3_nm 14y ago
True, computer literacy today is harder than it should be (because we are only in the early days). This being said, the core of programming (being able to formalize what you want) is a rare and valuable skill that isn't going to be automatized away any time soon.
snowman41 14y ago
Someone would have to program the computer either to the point that it can learn by itself, or that it can do everything already. Lots and lots of programmers would still be needed. And bug fixing would be an honored and stable vocation done by programming masters, it would be like the most minute and delicate brain surgery.