I keep seeing this question asked, and I don't understand. Have you tried it? It's so easy to build useful things for myself now. I've been able to build things that I otherwise would not have been able to build, in the free time that I have: - a VST audio plugin - a wedding website with RSVP functionality - a relaxing game for my wife At work, I've been able to build much more than I would have been capable of in th…
I think he's talking about professionally, not various hobby ideas.
I mean, Claude itself has been built by people using Claude. Is that not enough of an example?
In my experience the driving-behavior part of my brain can run virtually autonomously, like how you don't really have to spend 100% of your brain to walk down the street. This means that the words-thinking part of my brain is almost completely free, with the exception of short high-attention spikes for risky maneuvers like onramp merging. This is why listening to music or podcasts is a very popular driving activity.…
I find there's an asymmetry between listening and speaking. It's fine for someone else to tell me about their week, but I can't reciprocate with the same level of detail. I suspect when driving demands attention, it's easier to buffer incoming words to handle a second later, or to simply miss portions and recover. In contrast, a buffer of outgoing words between mind and mouth is harder to manage, and people prefer no…
Yes buffering / dropping on buffer overload is the right frame and the right way to do it in practice. I have seen it done properly. Yes it can cause some social friction but as long as your conversation partner is aware that because you are driving you may buffer/drop conversation packets and they accept that they might have to occasionally exercise patience or repeat themselves then it's fine.
I keep seeing this question asked, and I don't understand. Have you tried it? It's so easy to build useful things for myself now. I've been able to build things that I otherwise would not have been able to build, in the free time that I have: - a VST audio plugin - a wedding website with RSVP functionality - a relaxing game for my wife At work, I've been able to build much more than I would have been capable of in th…
I think he's talking about professionally, not various hobby ideas.
Professionally, even if GP was to break NDA, it would still take an essay to even begin to describe where they are in order to describe what they're working on, in order to say this thing I'm building, it's being built faster with the help of AI. So the two things are one, hobby projects. Those are greenfield, starting from 0 lines of code. AI is good at that, everyone should try it! The unknown unproven question, thus, is limited to "I have this decades old codebase, can AI actually help?" I am not here to answer that question right now, merely to pose the more specific question you're implying.
I see this sentiment constantly. AI tooling is better than ever and its making building things easier than ever. I have respected coworkers who say that are maxing out multiple $200/month subscriptions. But I have yet to see any results? Where is the useful stuff?
I keep seeing this question asked, and I don't understand. Have you tried it? It's so easy to build useful things for myself now. I've been able to build things that I otherwise would not have been able to build, in the free time that I have: - a VST audio plugin - a wedding website with RSVP functionality - a relaxing game for my wife At work, I've been able to build much more than I would have been capable of in th…
I see this sentiment constantly. AI tooling is better than ever and its making building things easier than ever. I have respected coworkers who say that are maxing out multiple $200/month subscriptions. But I have yet to see any results? Where is the useful stuff?
Search Ask HN threads, there are lots asking the same question and it looks like people do make useful stuff, it's just personal software not distributed to the public. I find that nice actually, because it's nice to make something just for yourself and is essentially what software is good for, solving your own problem.
> What I wanted was to say “hey Siri, call Claw Phone” and have the audio system in my Toyota become an IDE. So I build it. Or just focus on driving? Why we are doing it to ourselves? It seems so toxic to fill every possible little moment with… productivity? Is it even productive? This comment is too emotional but i just felt so sad while reading this
I wonder if these people just need to talk. I wonder if these people are just avoiding thinking about the tough things in their lives. I wonder if these people are just scared of being human, so reaching for any distraction they can get. I've tried to stop taking my phone with me when I go to the bathroom. When I shower. When I go to bed. Because I think we all have these same addictions. There's things that suck in…
I like how in spite of the author explaining why (father of two small children that occupy his free time), you jumped to the most negative set of possibilities. Instead, it sounds like when he's with his children, he is focusing on them instead of on productivity, which is the opposite of what you're suggesting.
Also, if he instead chose to occupy his drive time with listening to a comedy podcast, or NPR, or even a technical podcast, I can't help but imagine you wouldn't give it a second thought, in spite of that being just as "productive" and "avoiding thinking about the tough things".
I think he's talking about professionally, not various hobby ideas.
Professionally, even if GP was to break NDA, it would still take an essay to even begin to describe where they are in order to describe what they're working on, in order to say this thing I'm building, it's being built faster with the help of AI. So the two things are one, hobby projects. Those are greenfield, starting from 0 lines of code. AI is good at that, everyone should try it! The unknown unproven question, th…
I mean Bun was rewritten in rust in 6 days so yeah it can help.