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So where are all the AI apps?

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Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by patchorang »

peteforde wrote: post #103
patchorang wrote: post #91

I've been vibe-coding a Plex music player app for MacOS and iOS. (I don't like PlexAmp) I've got to the point where they are the apps I use for listening to music. But they are really just in an alpha/beta state and I'm having a pretty hard time getting past that. The last few weeks have felt like I'm playing wack-a-mole with bugs and issues. It's definitely not at the point others will be willing to use it as their…

Genuinely curious: are you actually vibe coding (as in not writing or looking at the code) or are you pair programming with a current model (eg. Sonnet or Opus) using plan -> agent -> debug loops in something like Cursor?

I haven’t written or looked at a single line of code. I do use plan though, and have a technical background but haven’t meaningfully coded in 15 years

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by karmakurtisaani »

As we haven't seen new operating systems or web browsers and the like, I'm guessing the reason is the same the corporation execs still have to find out: producing the code is just a small part of it. The big part is iterating bug fixes, compatibility, maintenance etc.

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Post by klibertp »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #172
pipnonsense wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i was curious, but I need a statista account to see it

Heh, I got a solid five seconds with the chart until the paywall popped up.

But there's no labels on the X axis - and removing the popover with dev tools shows a chart that doesn't really support what OP says. So we might be looking at some sample chart instead of a real one.

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by EastLondonCoder »

edent wrote: post #161
EastLondonCoder wrote: post #128

I’ve done a event ticket system that’s in production. Stripe integration, resend for mailing and a scan app to scan tickets. It’s for my own club but it’s been working quite well. Took about 80 hours from inception to live with a focus on testing. I’ve done some experiments with reading gedcom files, and I think I’m quite close to a demoable version of a genealogy app. Biggest thing is a tool for remotely working mus…

Could you not have downloaded one of the hundreds of Open Source event systems and configured it in less time?

Possibly, but probably not in less time and the point was partly learn to use agentic coding and also having it do exactly what I wanted.

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Post by CalRobert »

j2kun wrote: post #30
CalRobert wrote: post #21

So far, as sideloaded APKs on my tablet. Most recently one that makes it easier to learn Dutch and quiz myself based on captions from tv shows

Classic HN comment: ignore the article and respond directly to its title

Well I read the article discussing pypi packages but I think for a lot of people it’s more single use tools. My little apks are ugly and buggy but work for me

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by ryanbuening »

prhn wrote: post #118
paxys wrote: post #28

It is incredibly easy now to get an idea to the prototype stage, but making it production-ready still needs boring old software engineering skills. I know countless people who followed the "I'll vibe code my own business" trend, and a few of them did get pretty far, but ultimately not a single one actually launched. Anyone who has been doing this professionally will tell you that the "last step" is what takes the maj…

Even beyond the engineering there are 100 other things to do. I launched a vibe coded product a few months ago. I spent the majority of my time - making sure the copy / presentation was effective on product website - getting signing certificates (this part SUCKS and is expensive) - managing release version binaries without a CDN (stupid) - setting up LLC, website, domain, email, google search indexing, etc, etc

Agreed. However, I just recently "launched" a side project and Cloudflare made a lot of the stuff you mentioned easier. I also found that using AI helped with setting up my LLC when I had questions.

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Post by tiborsaas »

stronglikedan wrote: post #96
tiborsaas wrote: post #84

I fail to see why the author thinks Python packages are a good proxy for AI driven/built code. I've built a number of projects with AI, but I haven't created any new packages. It's like looking at tire sales to wonder about where the EV cars are.

Nitpick, but tire sales are a good proxy for determining where EVs are, since the owners are usually suckered into buying special "EV" tires.

Interesting, didn't know that
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