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Personally I’m skeptical and a bit dismissive of an insta- clone of commercial offerings. I ignore these things until they’re 3-6 months old and still iterating

Personally I’m skeptical and a bit dismissive of an insta- clone of commercial offerings. I ignore these things until they’re 3-6 months old and still iterating. Announcements on their own are like whispers.

ben_talent 9mo ago
Completely understand. It's up to us to keep shippinh and making this actually good during that time!
- preetnation 9mo ago
  respect the attitude!
exitb 9mo ago
What if the commercial offering was made in less than 2 weeks? https://x.com/altryne/status/2010811222409756707 https://x.com/altryne/status/2010811222409756707
- bognition 9mo ago
  My take on the OP is that its commitment to an idea is what matters, not how quickly its created. I love seeing people insta-clone things but is this a side project that going to see updates for a few weeks or is this something that is going to be maintained actively for years to come.
- browningstreet 9mo ago
  It's a feature built upon a foundation. Cloning the feature without the foundation isn't the same thing.
supriyo-biswas 9mo ago
The uncomfortable truth is that the marginal cost of producing software (if one doesn't care too much about quality or predictability) has now become near zero with AI; and therefore we will see many companies products being challenged in this way. Of course, Anthropic will have a leg up in terms of subsidized models provided along with a subscription, etc.
- rhubarbtree 9mo ago
  > the marginal cost of producing software (if one doesn't care too much about quality or predictability) has now become near zero with AI; Hell of a caveat. I'd also add "complex functionality" to that list.
troyvit 9mo ago
That's a good idea from the user perspective. I jumped on the aider bandwagon and am now dealing with its relative abandonment and deciding if I want to invest time in a fork. As a movement though it might be something else. To me, Claude is trying to build a moat around tooling, but due to the nature of their own core product that moat is becoming easier and easier to bridge. What does that mean for them?

ben_talent 9mo ago

Completely understand. It's up to us to keep shippinh and making this actually good during that time!

preetnation 9mo ago
respect the attitude!

exitb 9mo ago

What if the commercial offering was made in less than 2 weeks? https://x.com/altryne/status/2010811222409756707 https://x.com/altryne/status/2010811222409756707

bognition 9mo ago
My take on the OP is that its commitment to an idea is what matters, not how quickly its created. I love seeing people insta-clone things but is this a side project that going to see updates for a few weeks or is this something that is going to be maintained actively for years to come.
browningstreet 9mo ago
It's a feature built upon a foundation. Cloning the feature without the foundation isn't the same thing.

supriyo-biswas 9mo ago

The uncomfortable truth is that the marginal cost of producing software (if one doesn't care too much about quality or predictability) has now become near zero with AI; and therefore we will see many companies products being challenged in this way. Of course, Anthropic will have a leg up in terms of subsidized models provided along with a subscription, etc.

rhubarbtree 9mo ago
> the marginal cost of producing software (if one doesn't care too much about quality or predictability) has now become near zero with AI; Hell of a caveat. I'd also add "complex functionality" to that list.

troyvit 9mo ago

That's a good idea from the user perspective. I jumped on the aider bandwagon and am now dealing with its relative abandonment and deciding if I want to invest time in a fork. As a movement though it might be something else. To me, Claude is trying to build a moat around tooling, but due to the nature of their own core product that moat is becoming easier and easier to bridge. What does that mean for them?