> with the latest bizarre web stacks, frameworks for everything, node for this, npm for that, Angular, React, Vue, whatever - as if solving business problems just became too boring for software developers, so we decided to spend our cycles on the new hotness at every turn

I kinda feel the same way when I visit Home Depot once a year

oxidation is a chemical process where a substance loses electrons, often by reacting with oxygen, causing it to change. What does it have to do with JavaScript?

Oxidation of iron produces rust. Rust is the language of implementation of that compiler, and of the entire Oxc suite.

But rust is named after a mushroom?

Rust is the layer in immediate contact with the metal :) That's what the official version says, at least.

:shush:

It is written in Rust…

most .ai domains are taken. How I regret not buying watermelon.ai for $85, next day I see it was gone :-(

Which shocks me, I always percieved .ai as a meme domain ending, but startups seem to think it's cool.

Ideas were “cheap” before because implementation was harder. Now I guess the coin has flipped.

A huge part of implementation is how it’s done. A lot of companies made mp3 players, Apple made the iPod. Their implementation was different. It was done with more care and thought. The idea was cheap, 1,000 songs in your pocket. An implementation that connected with people and brought it to the mainstream was hard.

Someone quickly vibe coding something might fulfill the requirements of an idea. However, their implementation will likely be poor and lack the care needed to connect with people on a way that makes them want to use it.

I think understanding this has always been the key to standing out. That doesn’t change in the world of LLM, it becomes more important than ever.

More than writing code the IDE itself makes me anxious. Especially Xcode. Wish they make the IDE interface somewhat simpler by leveraging AI.

With sufficient AI integration, we won't even have to worry about the interface anymore! (I very much look forward to that day for Xcode.)

I recommend AdGuard. Blocks tons of annoyances like that

Ironically people who fall in not doing the thing category of this article are valued more than those who do the thing.

Sometimes that's because they're making it worthwhile, by connecting the thing with those who will benefit from it and explaining how to use it, which is as valuable as doing the thing.

I.e. by making sure that they're doing the right thing.

Are they "not doing the thing", or are they "doing the different thing"?

Selling the thing isn't doing the thing, but it pays more!

Life is tough like that

Let's all switch to finance.

What’s preventing AI from taking on the role of an architect?

Good taste. I just vibe coded some garbage in an hour. But it is so bad I can't see how to get to good code from here and so I'll spend the rest of the week doing it by hand.

now to be fair this is my first attepmt at vibe coding and so I might not know how to prompt the ai

Depends on the tool, but the first thing to do is to use a plan mode where the AI will ask you follow up question to precise the project. This gives a much, much better result than just have the AI start to work with a few lines of prompt.

That basically turns your bad prompt into a good prompt, then execute on it.

The challenge with AI doing architecture is assembling all the relevant stakeholder context, then having the wisdom to weigh it to produce an optimal solution. The context issue is solvable, but the wisdom part is complex and nuanced, it requires a deep understanding of power structures and organizational dynamics, as well as some understanding of where the problem domain is evolving over time.

Nothing. Most software "architecture" is simply repeating the same patterns, just like writing code, just at a slightly higher level of abstraction. There's a slight moat if you are good at the business domain, and can serve as a bridge, but honestly, AI is getting pretty good at that as well.

I wonder. I follow @DamiLeeArch on YouTube. She talks about architecture in the built environment. Ostensibly, built for Humans. At least for now.

Or a CEO?

honestly, I hired an AI to be my CEO and Sales/Marketing manager. It's not to bad.

> trends will shift toward few-use throwaway software

software has worked this way since the rise of the internet and SaaS. consumers rarely need to install anything locally other than a browser.

Exactly! It’s like I saw you selling pre-cut fruit for $7 so I decided to cut my own fruit every week.

I think the difference is I was buying pre-cut fruit for $7 every week so I spent two days and now my fruit magically cuts itself forever.

He turned an ongoing expense into a one time expense. And bonus he likely had fun doing the labor.

It's more like he was renting a knife to cut fruit for some reason and now, and instead of just buying a knife, he built one from scratch.

(1) Let's hope he doesn't cut himself if the knife breaks apart while in use.

(2) Why is it so hard to just buy knives these days? Why does every knife maker suddenly feel entitled to charge rent?

I'm all for DIY instead of hiring others, but the insanity here is the rent vs. buy thing going on in the industry.

In some cases, that’s true, but sometimes you need to update cutting rules because of law changes, or you saw different way of cutting for example. There are cases where this is not one time investment. What I agree with that cutting-it-yourself became significantly cheaper