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by viraptor 357 days ago
Cut it out with patronising, I work with complex software, which is why I specifically mentioned the only example I published was simple.

> but your examples are not very good to show that "software projects that somehow are 100% human developed will not be competitive with AI assisted or written projects"

Here's the thing though - it's already the case, because I wouldn't create those tools but hand otherwise. I just don't have the time, and they're too personal/edge-case to pay anyone to make them. So the comparison in this case is between 100% human developed non-existent software and AI generated project which exists. The latter wins in every category by default.

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My apologies, I didn't want to sound patronizing and wasn't making assumptions about your work and experience based on your examples, I am happy that generative AI allows you to make such apps. However, they are very similar to the demos that are always presented as showcases.
I don't think they're being patronizing, it's that "simple personal app that was barely worth making" is nice to have but not at all what they want evidence of.
Whether it was worth making is for me to judge since it is a personal app. It improves my life and work, so yes, it was very much worth it.
You said you wouldn't have made it if it took longer, isn't that a barely?

But either way it's not an example of what they wanted.