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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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Poe’s law is strong with this one

Tell me more! I'm trying to figure out how you got that.

I think it's just sarcasm coming from the stereotypical HN attitude that Product Managers only get in the way of the real work of engineering. Ignore it; they're basically proving your point.

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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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

When someone sends me an AI generated project or proposal, I just send them an AI generated reply I know they're not going to bother reading either.

This is a genius move. My wife should start doing that with emails from her boss who sends AI-generated emails and instructions to her.

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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We have great software now! YoloSwag (13 commits) [rocketship rocketship rocketship] YoloSwag is a 1:1 implementation of pyTorch, written in RUST [crab emoji] - [hand pointing emoji] YoloSwag is Memory Safe due to being Written in Rust - [green leaf emoji] YoloSwag uses 80% less CPU cycles due to being written in Rust - [clipboard emoji] [engineer emoji] YoloSwag is 1:1 API compatible with pyTorch with complete ops s…

> it crashes immediately and doesn't even run. Technically, that's as "Memory Safe" as you can get!

Bring back C strings in all software! And divide by zero! The world would be a safer place.

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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Well, I’m sharing it. If someone wants an early preview or to work w me on this, the calendly link is on the site: https://safebots.ai But it requires A LOT of work to make sure it is actually safe for people and organizations. And no, an .md file saying “PLEASE DONT PWN ME, KTHX” isn’t it at all. “Alignment” is only part of the equation. If you’re not afraid to dive into rabbitholes, here is how it works: http://com…

https://safebots.ai/architecture.pdf https://community.safebots.ai/t/the-safebox-stack/31 https://community.safebots.ai/t/safecloud-governance-due-pro... https://community.safebots.ai/t/safebox-execution-and-commun... This all reads, to put it politely, like it's being written by someone who is not all there and being convinced by letting AI write everything that they have a coherent idea. Or just trying to put a bun…

I looked at the architecture.pdf and it made zero sense. It was a lot of buzzwords. I am honestly confused.

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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This remains me so much of the .COM bubble in 2000. A lot of clueless companies thought that they just need to “do internet” without any further understanding or strategy. They burned a ton of money and got nothing out of it. Other companies understood that the internet is an enabling technology that can support a lot of business processes. So they quietly improved their business with the help of the internet. I see…

Yep and the LLM tools are giving flasbacks to the Frontpage/DreanWeaver to geocities ipeline for building the sites. Still early innings but i bet this plays out the same way - not everyone will have the time sink to vibecode all the software workflows they require.Maintainance iwse and security wise holes will still remain for the personaly non tech user. Devs and orgs will probably limit the usage to a helper sidec…

Sadly I look back on the Frontpage times with increasingly fondness, since at least it produced usable, quick-loading HTML sites instead of today's megabytes of pointless javascript.

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> So, how many years until we'll see results, then? -0.75 years. Software development output (features, bugs, products) - especially at smaller companies like startups - has already accelerated significantly, while software development hiring has stayed flat or declined. So there has been a dramatic increase in human-efficiency. To me, that seems like a result, although it's cold comfort as a software engineer. You p…

You don't think capitalists are able to generate profit off of these LLMs currently? Why not? Are they just stupid or something?

> You don't think capitalists are able to generate profit off of these LLMs currently?

Not sure where you are reading that. I said that they are able to be far more human-efficient because of LLMs, implying they are able to reduce costs relative to outputs/revenue, which means higher profits.

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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I think it is different. As someone joked, "thanks to Wine, Win32 is the 'stable Linux ABI'" -- translating system calls is a lot different than emulating hardware, and the results prove it

And to target it, studios use Windows alongside Visual Studio.

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Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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We got an article today : "Apple App Store Is Flooded with AI Slop and Legitimate Developers Are Paying" (forbes)

(557,000 new apps to Apple’s App Store; a 24% jump from 2024). Who is right?

Re: So where are all the AI apps?

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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…

OpenClaw would disagree :) they are live, in business and by all accounts not built on rigorous engineering, my experience supports it. Sometimes scrappy ships and survives, in the llm era.
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