[cryptonector]

We used to reuse code a lot. But then we got problems like diamond dependency hell. Why did we reuse code a lot? To save on labor. Now we don't have to.

So we might roll-your-own more things. But then we'll have a tremendous amount of code duplication, effectively, and bigger tech debt issues, minus the diamond dependency hell issue. It might be better this way; time will tell.

[rhubarbtree]

Not just to save on labour. To have confidence in a battle tested solution. To use something familiar to others. For compatibility. To exploit further development, debugging, and integration.

[empath75]

Speaking of rolling your own things, i had claude knock out a trello clone for me in 30 minutes because i was irritated at atlassian.

I am already using it for keeping track of personal stuff. I’m not going to make a product out of it or even put it on github. It’s just for me. There are gonna be a lot of single team/single user projects.

It is so fast to build working prototypes that it’s not even worth thinking if you should do something. Just ask claude to take a shot of it, get a cup of coffee and evaluate the results.

[torginus]

I'm sure after you've had Claude build it, you learned a ton of how to build such a thing (I certainly did for my projects).

Basically, the data model is dead simple, you just spin up a SQLite db, create a React frontend, grabbing a good drag and drop library that implements these cards, write some simple but decent looking CSS, some React and backend boilerplate to wire the thing together - and boom - you're done.

This sounds simple when I write like this, but the complexity comes from knowing what library to use, figuring out its API, and assembling the whole thing together - which Claude is great at, but once you see the whole thing put together, you come to understand these things as well, and become more skilled at building stuff like this.

[empath75]

But i don’t want to learn how to do that. I already know how to write code and i have built a bunch of production rust apps from scratch. I would prefer if i never have to write code. I don’t enjoy writing code, don’t take pride in having that skill. I enjoy the process of identifying a problem and producing a solution to that problem. Coding is just something i had to learn how to do in order to solve problems.

The absolute moment that ai is capable of producing all the useful code for a project I probably will never write another line of code again.

[lelanthran]

> Speaking of rolling your own things, i had claude knock out a trello clone for me in 30 minutes because i was irritated at atlassian.

I knocked out a webapp to manage tickets, states, ETA, etc for me and me alone in about 30m, pre-AI.

Note: I have a pre-built very-low-code framework for doing CRUD applications that lets me do ugly but functional webapps.

[fragmede]

Yeah, that is the future isn't it? Because I've built the same thing for myself and have the same plans to not put in the work of sharing it with other people. It works for me and my friends and the contractors working on my house and I'm sure everyone else is doing it too!

[yokuze]

Same, minus the contractors part