There is a new category of software which is "useful tool for me" which was previously either outside of people's ability or not worth the time, but which is now doable. It isn't just AI coding ability, it is the fact that it does it well without a lot of errors. Unexplored space
Kevin Roose
Kevin RooseJan 10, 05:26
Claude Code is so good. I built a Pocket clone over the break and it kept adding new features (TTS read-alouds, video summaries, spaced repetition emails, Kindle sync, etc.) and now I have a perfect external brain? From like 12 prompts? How does any app developer survive this?
Unrelatedly: I realize the "It isn't just... it is" construction reads like AI writing. That wasn't AI writing. Going to need to end it to my em-dash pile of things I like to write that I can't write anymore without people saying I am using AI.
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