AI tools are pumping out a ton of apps and content, but no sign of adopting them.

[ashwin@defcon.social]

@nixCraft

Anyone can generate an app. But the app is untested, unmaintained, unsupportable, and not sustainable.

An app has a lifecycle which takes knowledgeable people to support.

Ask yourself why you wanted to generate an app in the first place, if you don't have software skills.

[wcbdata@vis.social]

@nixCraft in other words, "duh."

[b1@dobbs.town]

@ashwin

This is an unpopular opinion around here, but in the already malignant cesspool that is mobile apps, somewhere between the raw sewage and the slop, I like to think someone will build something good that wouldn't have existed otherwise.

Maybe a good designer can get acceptable code or a good coder can get acceptable design and the mix will be better than the existing crap.

[okuna@social.tchncs.de]

@nixCraft I disagree because nobody can define what a "good" artist or a "good" developer means. And for most companies, good enough is sufficient.
The companies will weigh a good developer who gets sick and needs training compared to an AI who works seven by 24 and other complaints.
Additionally there is a saying "Only a Buddha can recognize a Buddha".
No product manager or senior manager can recognize a good developer.

[zeugs@social.cologne]

@nixCraft It's the attention economy, stupid!

[hardpenguin13@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@nixCraft a real #dataisbeautiful