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I work in HR for a large company. A third party system was chosen to use for part of the HR functions. This third party system uses an integration system that i

I work in HR for a large company. A third party system was chosen to use for part of the HR functions. This third party system uses an integration system that involves dragging and dropping components and doing some config work (think of Nifi, or, at a super basic level, Scratch). So, it is all UI work, very little to no written code. It will be a long long time before this kind of work will be automated by LLMs. We are still in the process of building out hundreds of these integrations. Just the building out will take years. Then there will be even more years of maintenance. Large companies are like large ships, they pivot exceedingly slowly. I figure I can maintain this system for a long time. That’s one way to get job security.

ljlolel 2y ago
Consumers will quickly replace these slow companies with products from new lean fast companies using AI at the core. The old large companies will just disappear.
- irrational 2y ago
  This isn’t a software company. It is a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. Making physical products is the core business, not software.
nextworddev 2y ago
Think that’s one reason people are excited for agents that can use devices, browsers, and UIs
globalise83 2y ago
I am surprised by this: in my experience, LLMs excel in configuration of software far more than they do in writing it. And there are tools emerging almost daily for AI-powered browser and native application automation. So I don't see how this will create any kind of moat.
- irrational 2y ago
  Because after spending years building it out, the company will be loathe to redo all the work, especially since it is so tightly integrated with the third party system. They won’t replace it until they replace the third party system someday, but because they are just now starting to use the third party system, it will be many years before they abandon it to move on. I’ve worked at large companies for decades. Switching major systems like these takes many many years. If you can get involved with setting it up and maintaining it, you are almost guaranteed job security for 10-15 years.

ljlolel 2y ago

Consumers will quickly replace these slow companies with products from new lean fast companies using AI at the core. The old large companies will just disappear.

irrational 2y ago
This isn’t a software company. It is a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. Making physical products is the core business, not software.

nextworddev 2y ago

Think that’s one reason people are excited for agents that can use devices, browsers, and UIs

globalise83 2y ago

I am surprised by this: in my experience, LLMs excel in configuration of software far more than they do in writing it. And there are tools emerging almost daily for AI-powered browser and native application automation. So I don't see how this will create any kind of moat.

irrational 2y ago
Because after spending years building it out, the company will be loathe to redo all the work, especially since it is so tightly integrated with the third party system. They won’t replace it until they replace the third party system someday, but because they are just now starting to use the third party system, it will be many years before they abandon it to move on. I’ve worked at large companies for decades. Switching major systems like these takes many many years. If you can get involved with setting it up and maintaining it, you are almost guaranteed job security for 10-15 years.