<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[BTW one of the week&#x27;s examples was writing little custom apps with an AI assistant &amp;amp; it just occurred to me that this idea - that everybody can &amp;amp; should make custom code - is another view of progress already debunked by reality.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p class="quote-inline">RE: <a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph/116503912923195118" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>helvede.net/@jwcph/11650391292</span><span>3195118</span></a></p><p>BTW one of the week's examples was writing little custom apps with an AI assistant &amp; it just occurred to me that this idea - that everybody can &amp; should make custom code - is another view of progress already debunked by reality.</p><p>We've heard for decades that "everybody" can/should do [thing] themselves - from art to engineering - because computers will take away the entry barrier &amp; so far it hasn't been true once, because the challenge is almost always the process, not the entry barrier. </p><p><a href="https://helvede.net/tags/AI" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c18f0f29-af11-438e-a0a8-35cb5ab2d04b/btw-one-of-the-week-s-examples-was-writing-little-custom-apps-with-an-ai-assistant-amp-it-just-occurred-to-me-that-this-idea-that-everybody-can-amp-should-make-custom-code-is-another-view-of-progress-already-debunked-by-reality.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 11:11:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c18f0f29-af11-438e-a0a8-35cb5ab2d04b.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 08:10:36 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>