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Can non-developer build commercial products with AI

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Re: Can non-developer build commercial products with AI

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The answer is in your question. At some point you will get that there is a wall you can't get over, and you need more experience. But here is the good moment with each step and new iteration, you will get further and further with some new technical knowledge.

But again, building something big for a big audience, scalable, without enough tech experience is impossible, at least for now.

But it does not mean that you should stop...

Re: Can non-developer build commercial products with AI

#12
If you could do calculus in high school, you likely have more than enough neural horsepower to build a wide array of commercial products with AI, since it can breakdown, suggest, recommend, and educate you on the conceptual gaps that remain.

The hard part is that you'll have to inefficiently learn about these concepts as you encounter them, as opposed to a more skilled engineer who can already anticipate and use them ahead of time.

Re: Can non-developer build commercial products with AI

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I've been tinkering with some models and I'm currently progressing through a few personal projects with Gemma in Antigravity. I'm not an engineer, but I have a very good technical understanding, I'm competent enough to build something by myself. I've been going though my personal projects feature by feature. So far I've had good success, and as I'm doing it step by step I'm checking what's being created. 90% of the t…

With a web based project, you'll need to know how to setup a server and all of that jazz too, I don't know if an agent can help you with this.

Coding agents can absolutely help you with:

Setting up an Ubuntu server Configuring everything a web server needs Deploying to the server through GitHub or other platforms Maintaining the server, improving security, and so on

Coding agents are amazing for mature, well-understood technologies.

BUT BUT BUT, if you have zero understanding of web technology, there’s still a chance you’ll fall into a “forever failure” loop.

It’s a matter of probability.

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