Re:Jonathan Blow – If AI Solved Coding, Why Is My Software S...
by viraptor on Saturday November 14, 2026 @01:25AM
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> why do we need to wait a year to see the results?
If you use it internally in business, you don't need to wait. There's lots of stuff deployed every day and works really well. If you want to see results in public, you'll have to wait for reasons unrelated to the speed of coding. Does something actually solve a problem, is it interesting enough to be popular for you to find it, is it better than most other attempts happening at the same time, and all the usual questions related to the business side. It's going to take time for PoCs to get refined enough that they gain popularity. The second issue is that lots of projects need data in addition to the software - and that still needs to be produced manually. And finally, creating a proper pubic project takes effort - there are lots more single-user solutions now.
If you use it internally in business, you don't need to wait. There's lots of stuff deployed every day and works really well. If you want to see results in public, you'll have to wait for reasons unrelated to the speed of coding. Does something actually solve a problem, is it interesting enough to be popular for you to find it, is it better than most other attempts happening at the same time, and all the usual questions related to the business side. It's going to take time for PoCs to get refined enough that they gain popularity. The second issue is that lots of projects need data in addition to the software - and that still needs to be produced manually. And finally, creating a proper pubic project takes effort - there are lots more single-user solutions now.