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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 dawnerd »

ramesh31 wrote: post #8

No one needs another SaaS. Games are the real killer app for AI. Hear me out. I've wanted to make video games forever. It's fun, and scratches an itch that no other kind of programming does. But making a game is a mountain of work that is almost completely unassailable for an individual in their free time. The sheer volume of assets to be created stops anything from ever being more than a silly little demo. Now, with…

Except all of the ai created games posted to the various subreddits are awful. No one likes them, no one plays them. The ones that make it to steam end up getting abandoned when the devs hit a performance wall.

Game development just isn’t something AI can do well. Good games are not just recreations of existing titles.

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by kylecazar »

turlockmike wrote: post #12

I deleted vscode and replaced with a hyper personal dashboard that combines information from everywhere. I have a news feed, work tab for managing issues/PRs, markdown editor with folders, calendar, AI powered buttons all over the place (I click a button, it does something interesting with Claude code I can't do programmatically). Why don't I share it? Because it's highly personal, others would find it doesn't fit th…

... how did that replace vscode?

Do you never open a code editor?

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by skydhash »

turlockmike wrote: post #12

I deleted vscode and replaced with a hyper personal dashboard that combines information from everywhere. I have a news feed, work tab for managing issues/PRs, markdown editor with folders, calendar, AI powered buttons all over the place (I click a button, it does something interesting with Claude code I can't do programmatically). Why don't I share it? Because it's highly personal, others would find it doesn't fit th…

> I deleted vscode and replaced with a hyper personal dashboard that combines information from everywhere.

Emacs with Hyperbole[0]?

[0]: https://www.gnu.org/software/hyperbole/

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by pennomi »

mb7733 wrote: post #10
alex1sa wrote: post #2

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The question is where are all the new apps or features that are _written_ using LLMs, since everyone is 100x more productive now.

I mean, look at the Hacker News feed and you’ll get a pretty good sample of new apps and features written by LLMs.

Are they good apps and features? Ehhhh. But let’s not pretend that they’re missing.

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by acessoproibido »

bluefirebrand wrote: post #18
darth_aardvark wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So many execs and marketing people seem to think customers explicitly "want AI". Most people do not want AI! Only a tiny segment of Middle Managers Looking To Leverage New Technology are actually excited by AI branding. But, lots of people want software that does magically useful things, and LLMs can do that! Just...don't brand it as AI. It's like branding a new computer with more processing power as "Jam Packed with…

> Most people do not want AI! Personally, I explicitly want "not AI" I'm going to be a curmudgeon that is going out of my way to avoid it as much as I possibly can

I think its a very specific tech/HN bias.

I observe the complete opposite with some of my non-tech friends.

While we are sharing anecdotes and personal opinion:

I think most people don't care too much if its "AI" or not, they just want their problems solved...

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by dddgghhbbfblk »

Hmmm, my anecdotal experience doesn't match up with this article. Personally I am seeing an explosion of AI-created apps. A number of different subreddits I use for disparate interests have been inundated with them lately. Show HN has experienced the same thing, no?

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by dominotw »

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…

all they did is annoy their friends and family by sharing their vibeslop app and asking for "feedback".

I really dont know how to respond to these requests. I am going to hide out and not talk to anyone till this fad passes.

Reminds of the trend where everyone was dj wanting you to listen their mixtrack they made on abbleton live

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Post by ed_elliott_asc »

Robdel12 wrote: post #16

We’re in a personal software era. Or disposable software era however you want to look at it. I think most people are building for themselves and no longer needing to lean on community to get a lot of things done now. Self plug, but basically that’s the TL;DR https://robertdelu.ca/2026/02/02/personal-software-era/

I think this is right, I can get cause to build me something for my own use that I’d have given up at before, getting to the point of being useable still doesn’t make it shareable.
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