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This is exactly what I've wanted to do for a long time. All the apps in the app store are money sucking or ad ridden and unnecessarily cluttered. I want a simple front end that lets me log lifts to a sheet/database
get Claude to make an app and publish it as a PBA
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This is exactly what I've wanted to do for a long time. All the apps in the app store are money sucking or ad ridden and unnecessarily cluttered. I want a simple front end that lets me log lifts to a sheet/database
you could do an ios shortcut that fills a numbers sheet for you
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Slightly off-topic. In small business accounting, I have a persistent need for a FileMaker Pro like solution for invoices. FMP was conscious of on-screen layout and print. ReTool has been recommended as similar replacement for FMP but they don’t have the idea of creating print-ready documented receipts and invoices. You don’t even need to print it, you just need to keep it for the IRS. I love the idea of using Google…
There's gotta be a ton of solutions for sale for small business accounting, no? Among them FileMaker pro?
You'd think. I don't know what Claris did last week, but when I last dived into this small pool about 12 months ago their license + hosting was something like 2k/year (looking now it might have gone down, or their pricing page is hiding the fees?). Add on top you need to develop, maintain, support your project. These costs are not insignificant for a "small business"--and by the SBA definition my clients are in the bottom 2-18% by employee (size) & revenue.
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Not just totally aligned, but also "just-in-time" and ephemeral: an LLM goes and does/builds it on request, and then destroys all artifacts when the request has been fulfilled? If the persistence of something incurs a cost in storage and security, and the traditional penalties of efficiency and learning-curves are removed, why not recreate it every time its needed?
I like this idea. As an analogue to this; would each iteration adapt and evolve in the same way an organism might?
As a thought exercise: if I could automatically generate, at no cost in money or time, a "disposable" vehicle for every single trip I took, wouldn't it make sense that it would be different every time, even though the basic requirement (transportation) is the same? Why bother generating a car with A/C if it's cold out? Why have a passenger seat if I'm just going to the corner store for milk?
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I like this idea. As an analogue to this; would each iteration adapt and evolve in the same way an organism might?
Maybe not "evolve" but certainly would be different every time, right? If it already knows every conivable way to generate something, it stands to reason it will be different every time, as every request will be a little different, even if it's just the temperature of the room. As a thought exercise: if I could automatically generate, at no cost in money or time, a "disposable" vehicle for every single trip I took, w…
Knowing where the AC always is, could be seen as a benefit (even if you don't want to use it).
By aim for iterative improvements, the system could focus on personal contextual features; and the way we end up using a product over time.
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Maybe not "evolve" but certainly would be different every time, right? If it already knows every conivable way to generate something, it stands to reason it will be different every time, as every request will be a little different, even if it's just the temperature of the room. As a thought exercise: if I could automatically generate, at no cost in money or time, a "disposable" vehicle for every single trip I took, w…
Yes, but then familiarity is often a positive quality. Knowing where the AC always is, could be seen as a benefit (even if you don't want to use it). By aim for iterative improvements, the system could focus on personal contextual features; and the way we end up using a product over time.
Let's turn that on it's head: maybe we engage with AI/AI products that seem to just provide outcomes we prefer. Let's say all AI will probably be able to generate all manner of things, but we might like Z AI because when I ask for Y kind of widget it builds ones I seem to just...prefer more. It seems to "just get me".
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Yes, but then familiarity is often a positive quality. Knowing where the AC always is, could be seen as a benefit (even if you don't want to use it). By aim for iterative improvements, the system could focus on personal contextual features; and the way we end up using a product over time.
Ah, yes, preference! How well will the AI know what we prefer without us having to articulate it every time. Very good, I like this. Let's turn that on it's head: maybe we engage with AI/AI products that seem to just provide outcomes we prefer. Let's say all AI will probably be able to generate all manner of things, but we might like Z AI because when I ask for Y kind of widget it builds ones I seem to just...prefer…
If the AI has a very close link to you, and observes a lot of what you do, it might have a much clearer idea of what you want and need.
And if it was linked to your mind ...