> "The real promise of this era is not that everyone shapes and customizes their own tools with malleable systems. It is that agents become capable enough that we no longer need to."
I thought the conclusion here was super interesting, and personally have mixed feelings. On the one hand, love the vision of high-quality tools being available near-instantly in this new AI-native software era.
On the other, I think there's a loss in turning everyone from builders into consumers. Yes, not every person wants to build every tool all the time. But I also think there's something inherently so empowering and delightful in making it possible - albeit not necessary - to build something you've imagined.
We play with legos not because we can't get pre-made toy houses or cars or such, we do it because it's delightful in its own right.
The Malleable Software That Never Was · HackerTrans
I thought the conclusion here was super interesting, and personally have mixed feelings. On the one hand, love the vision of high-quality tools being available near-instantly in this new AI-native software era.
On the other, I think there's a loss in turning everyone from builders into consumers. Yes, not every person wants to build every tool all the time. But I also think there's something inherently so empowering and delightful in making it possible - albeit not necessary - to build something you've imagined.
We play with legos not because we can't get pre-made toy houses or cars or such, we do it because it's delightful in its own right.