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Re: Ideas are cheap, execution is cheaper

#11
> I'm not joking and this isn't funny. We have been trying to build distributed agent orchestrators at Google since last year. There are various options, not everyone is aligned... I gave Claude Code a description of the problem, it generated what we built last year in an hour.

I am sure that whatever work was put into actually trying to implement that, was crucial in order to instruct Claude what to do. System design doesn't come by itself.

Re: Ideas are cheap, execution is cheaper

#12

What a waste of words. If you idea is easily replicable probably it was not a good idea after all. LLMs don't change the equation.

>easily replicable probably it was not a good idea after all.

I mean, sometimes the hard work is creating object number 1. There are a crapload of inventions that we look back on and go "why did it take so long for us to make the first one", then after that whatever object/idea it was explodes over the planet because of the ease of implementation and the useful practical application.

I think this statement is marred by the our modern sensibilities that say everything must be profitable or it's a bad idea.

Re: Ideas are cheap, execution is cheaper

#14
post #11

> I'm not joking and this isn't funny. We have been trying to build distributed agent orchestrators at Google since last year. There are various options, not everyone is aligned... I gave Claude Code a description of the problem, it generated what we built last year in an hour. I am sure that whatever work was put into actually trying to implement that, was crucial in order to instruct Claude what to do. System desig…

Likely not.

I am also building some agents. It is almost hands off at this point.

Re: Ideas are cheap, execution is cheaper

#15
One underestimated productivity booster is that you can write code on your phone by giving orders to a coding assistant in a spare moment. You can fill extra time that way instead of reading social media or playing a game.

I was just coding a personal website the other day while waiting for our number to be called at the DMV. I couldn’t really review the code but it did give me a chance to test on mobile.

This is without doing anything special, just using one instance of Claude Opus 4.5 and exe.dev.

Re: Ideas are cheap, execution is cheaper

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post #11

> I'm not joking and this isn't funny. We have been trying to build distributed agent orchestrators at Google since last year. There are various options, not everyone is aligned... I gave Claude Code a description of the problem, it generated what we built last year in an hour. I am sure that whatever work was put into actually trying to implement that, was crucial in order to instruct Claude what to do. System desig…

yeah they later admitted it was wildly over-exaggerated

Re: Ideas are cheap, execution is cheaper

#17
That's what I was thinking as well after letting Claude do a godoist clone in a few vibe coding sessions. Literally got most features I care about with a ui similar to todoist with all the bootstraping done. Deploying to my nas later this week and cancelling my subscription.

It's way past the point of "just" doing MVPs or simple proof of concepts. I'm talking about user auth, dynamic input parsing, calendar views, tags, projects, history of events and more, given a few prompts.

Re: Ideas are cheap, execution is cheaper

#18
LLMs are amazing.

Nothing replaces making simple UX instead of complicated kitchen sink products.

It’s easy to make stuff. It’s harder to make stuff people want.

I am thankful for the increase in product velocity and I also recognize that a lot of stuff people make isn’t what people want.

Product sense and intuition still matter.

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