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Good news: the evidence points to it being slower than non-ai workflows. So we're destroying our economy, society, and planet to make worse software, more slowl
by llmslave2 9mo ago
Good news: the evidence points to it being slower than non-ai workflows. So we're destroying our economy, society, and planet to make worse software, more slowly! :)
- falloutx 9mo agowe are also making all software much worse at the same time. I dont think every app needs AI but apparently they do. Notion used to be a Zen writing app back in the day, canva used to an app where you can do simple graphics without a complicated tools panel.
- llmslave2 9mo ago[flagged]
- dang 9mo ago> Disgusting work Please don't do this here. Thoughtful criticism is fine on this site but snark and name-calling are not. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: on closer look, you've been breaking the HN guidelines so badly and so consistently that I've banned the account. Single-purpose accounts aren't allowed here in any case.
- dang 9mo agoI think Pete's article last year made a good case for regarding this as the "horseless carriage" stage, i.e. growing pains around how to use a new technology effectively. AI Horseless Carriages - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43773813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43773813 - April 2025 (478 comments) Or maybe it's analogous to the skeuomorphic phase of desktop software. Clumsy application of previous paradigm to new one; new wine in old bottles; etc.