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The map is ok, but mostly I'm interested in the number of map apps people are cranking out with AI. The design elements pretty clearly mark them as such (and it
by cwal37 2mo ago
The map is ok, but mostly I'm interested in the number of map apps people are cranking out with AI. The design elements pretty clearly mark them as such (and it's even more obvious once you poke around a bit). I love maps, so I get it, they tend to hook people, and the relative density of information can be very high.
I work in the electricity space (and of course we have a map[0]), and it has been wild to see the number of "I was a PM at a B2B SaaS/AI company and now I'm here to solve the grid with this vibe-coded tool", which inevitably involves a map. Seems like an inflection point was hit sometime late last year where first SMEs could make little apps they couldn't before, and then it expanded further into people who truly don't know a space but the AI can make it look like they do to other people who also don't, and the cycle continues.
[0] https://www.gridstatus.io/map?zoom=4.45¢er=-95.70000,40.77352 https://www.gridstatus.io/map?zoom=4.45¢er=-95.70000,40....
- Beijinger 2mo agoI would not bet on AI. I think this map is older.
- zamadatix 2mo agoI've never seen someone bother to put em dashes in monospaced code comments (except out of spite of people saying their projects look like AI) :D.
- bryanrasmussen 2mo agoI was wondering because I don't know why it should be considered AI, but whois tells me the domain was registered yesterday?
- Beijinger 2mo agoI mistook it for https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ https://www.openrailwaymap.org/
- dolmen 2mo agoSame author as https://thecastlemap.com https://thecastlemap.com featured here a few weeks ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48994178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48994178