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They really don’t. People say this all the time, but you give any project a little time and it evolves into a special unique snowflake every single time. That’

They really don’t. People say this all the time, but you give any project a little time and it evolves into a special unique snowflake every single time. That’s why every low code solution and boilerplate generator for the last 30 years failed to deliver on the promises they made.

viraptor 2y ago
I agree some will evolve into more, but lots of them won't. That's why shopify, WordPress and others exist - most commercial websites are just online business cards or small shops. Designers and devs are hired to work on them all the time.
- sarchertech 2y ago
  If you’re hiring a dev to work on your Shopify site, it’s most likely because you want to do something non-standard. By the time the dev gets done with it, it will be a special unique snowflake. If your site has users, it will evolve. I’ve seen users take what was a simple trucking job posting form and repurpose an unused “trailer type” field to track the status of the job req. Every single app that starts out as a low code/no code solution given enough time and users will evolve beyond that low code solution. They may keep using it, but they’ll move beyond being able to maintain it exclusively through a low code interface.
  - skydhash 2y ago
    And most software engineering principles is for dealing how to deal with this evolution. - Architecture (making it easy to adjust part of the codebase and understanding it) - Testing (making sure the current version works and future version won't break it) - Requirements (describing the current version and the planned changes) - ... If a project was just a clone, I'd sure people would just buy the existing version and be done with it. And sometimes they do, then a unique requirement comes and the whole process comes back into play.
- xigoi 2y ago
  If your website is so basic that you can just take a template and put your specific details into it, what exactly do you need an LLM for?

viraptor 2y ago

I agree some will evolve into more, but lots of them won't. That's why shopify, WordPress and others exist - most commercial websites are just online business cards or small shops. Designers and devs are hired to work on them all the time.

sarchertech 2y ago
If you’re hiring a dev to work on your Shopify site, it’s most likely because you want to do something non-standard. By the time the dev gets done with it, it will be a special unique snowflake. If your site has users, it will evolve. I’ve seen users take what was a simple trucking job posting form and repurpose an unused “trailer type” field to track the status of the job req. Every single app that starts out as a low code/no code solution given enough time and users will evolve beyond that low code solution. They may keep using it, but they’ll move beyond being able to maintain it exclusively through a low code interface.
- skydhash 2y ago
  And most software engineering principles is for dealing how to deal with this evolution. - Architecture (making it easy to adjust part of the codebase and understanding it) - Testing (making sure the current version works and future version won't break it) - Requirements (describing the current version and the planned changes) - ... If a project was just a clone, I'd sure people would just buy the existing version and be done with it. And sometimes they do, then a unique requirement comes and the whole process comes back into play.
xigoi 2y ago
If your website is so basic that you can just take a template and put your specific details into it, what exactly do you need an LLM for?