Phoenix.new – Remote AI Runtime for Phoenix

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psadri ◴[21 Jun 25 02:26 UTC] No.44334003[source]▶

I love the idea of Phoenix and server side rendering (I happen to work on SkyMass, a related project).

This is a tangential comment and should not detract from what Chris and team have created. I think closing the loop between agent and the running output is a great/critical step forward.

However, I find using AI to build transitional Apps with a UI is a bit like improving the way automobile steering wheels are made. In a world that soon won't need steering wheels at all.

If the AI is so good to write the code for an App, how much longer before you won't need those Apps in the first place? And then the question is, what will fill the role that Apps play today.

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colecut ◴[21 Jun 25 02:42 UTC] No.44334072[source]▶

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I don't think we want to move to a world where everything we use is AI driven all the time.

A coded app is significantly more efficient to execute, and more predictable, than dealing with AI in most situations.

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1. psadri ◴[21 Jun 25 02:52 UTC] No.44334118[source]▶

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I don't disagree that code is far more efficient than inference. But what are those apps? A lot of apps are fetching some data, massaging it, rendering UI to let the user view / update data. Could the AI do some of that "work" for you, so that you don't need those dashboards / buttons / forms in the first place? Maybe you have an agent that does a db query (instead of a human viewing a dashboard) and takes some action (instead of the human clicking a button).

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