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Time from pointless idea to bad output, anyways. We aren't seeing good software, and now neat hobby project ideas are getting harvested pointlessly when the onl
by applfanboysbgon 6d ago
Time from pointless idea to bad output, anyways. We aren't seeing good software, and now neat hobby project ideas are getting harvested pointlessly when the only purpose of those ideas was the fun and learning of doing.
- cyanydeez 6d agoLLMs are now like major highways, and everyone thinks theyll solve software jams by just adding one more lane; but that just induces demand, and doesnt increase efficiency because the traffic jam is about how people evaluate usage and fill the voids. Similar to how we upgraded computers for decades and the software bloated to fill the specs
- margalabargala 6d agoGood ideas are the survivors of lots of bad ideas. Slack is glorified IRC yet they're worth billions. Dropbox can be trivially implemented via rsync yet they're worth billions.
- bitexploder 6d agoThere is a canonical hacker news post about Dropbox being useless and a pointless idea at one point :)
- SgtBastard 6d agoI always have a Mandela-effect moment about the Dropbox and iPod dismissive comments with Hackernews and Slashdot respectively. God I’ old
- margalabargala 6d agoThe post is specifically about how it can "trivially be implemented using rsync" which is why I chose that verbiage :-)
- applfanboysbgon 5d agoThis in fact literally reinforces my point. Ideas are worth ~nothing. Execution is everything. LLMs cannot execute for shit.
- petesergeant 6d ago> when the only purpose of those ideas I quite enjoyed handwriting my article to be honest.