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For software developers, the equivalent is writing software without beta testers. If you don’t seek out users, you will likely build something nobody else wants
by skybrian 22d ago
For software developers, the equivalent is writing software without beta testers. If you don’t seek out users, you will likely build something nobody else wants.
And, that’s what I do. I’m retired and I use AI to build websites for myself. If anyone else ends up using it, that will be a happy side-effect.
If we want to do collaboration, we are going to need to do it intentionally rather than relying on side effects like conversations with cab drivers.
- Xirdus 22d agoCounterpoint: most Open Source projects are (or started off as) programs people built for themselves, and anyone else ending up using them was a happy side-effect.
- skybrian 22d agoAnd yet, many people have ambitions. They will put up a website about how great their software is and how everyone should use it. I usually put a warning that it's experimental and might not be maintained. More users, more problems. (And yet, I'll confess to be slightly disappointed that nobody is using software that I didn't promote.)