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spaceman_2020 ◴[17 Nov 24 15:31 UTC] No.42164682[source]▶
I have about 6 months of coding experience. All I really knew was how to build a basic MERN app

I’ve been using Sonnet 3.5 to code and I’ve managed to build multiple full fledged apps, including paid ones

Maybe they’re not perfect, but they work and I’ve had no complaints yet. They might not scale to become the next Facebook, but not everything has to scale

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njtransit ◴[17 Nov 24 15:33 UTC] No.42164691[source]▶
Can you share some examples?
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spaceman_2020 ◴[17 Nov 24 16:23 UTC] No.42164994[source]▶
ThumbnailGenius.com (has a ton of new features I haven’t pushed yet as I wait for approval from a payment processor)

MetHacker.io (has a lot of features I had to remove because of X API’s new pricing - see /projects on it)

GoUnfaked.com

PlaybookFM.com

TokenAI.dev (working with blowfish to remove the warning flag)

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imiric ◴[17 Nov 24 16:36 UTC] No.42165072[source]▶
Good job, I suppose, but the existence of all of these, and the fact you're able to pump them out so quickly, is genuinely depressing.
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azan_ ◴[17 Nov 24 17:17 UTC] No.42165378[source]▶
Could you please explain why? I'm trying to think how is it depressing and can't come up with anything.
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eastbound ◴[17 Nov 24 17:25 UTC] No.42165430[source]▶
Because we don’t believe it’s equal quality to our job, so we see cheap competition arriving with swathes of bad products, but no way for customers to distinguish what makes quality. Plus we all create bugs anyway.
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imiric ◴[17 Nov 24 17:37 UTC] No.42165513[source]▶
It's not really that. The quality of these tools will probably increase, and I'm fine with more competition, and with less experienced developers being empowered to build their own products.

What is depressing to me is that the products showcased here are essentially cookie-cutter derivatives built on and around the AI hype cycle. They're barely UI wrappers around LLMs marketed as something groundbreaking. So the thought of the web being flooded with these kinds of sites, in addition to the increase in spam and other AI generated content, is just depressing.

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1. grugagag ◴[17 Nov 24 19:54 UTC] No.42166605[source]▶
I find that part depressing as well, like who would even listen to gen AI podcasts? Not even vetted by a person but just pumped out as filler like it’s some kind of soil fertilizer. There is already so much good human made content on the web for nearly free if you only look. No doubt this AI slop will get in out way even if we don’t want it, but think of the effect this slop is going to have on younger generation.