3 ms·

I don't think this is the right framing, because I think it confuses the means and the ends. Its like making a jig in woodworking. The measure of the jig's suc

by bloaf 2mo ago

I don't think this is the right framing, because I think it confuses the means and the ends. Its like making a jig in woodworking. The measure of the jig's success is not whether it gets re-used or widespread adoption, its whether it made it easier to achieve some actual objective. Because the jig is a means to some other end. Lots of these "we wouldn't have done it otherwise" applications are means, not ends.

breuleux 2mo ago
That is true, but that suggests that the value of software is reverting to the value of a jig. Software that gets deployed to millions of people gets a large valuation because it provides small convenience times a million. In the era of bespoke software, you’re basically 100x-ing the production of a millionth of the value of commercial software. That’s why it isn’t all that impactful in the end and I think it’s worth highlighting.
- moron4hire 2mo ago
  It's the underpants gnomes again. - Vibe code a bunch of small projects that we couldn't justify ROI before - ??? - Profit