I've built a number of personal data-oriented and single purpose tools in Replit. I've constrained my ambitions to what I think it can do but I've added use cases beyond my initial concept.
In short, the tools work. I've built things 10x faster than doing it from scratch. I also have a sense of what else I'll be able to build in a year. I also enjoy not having to add cycles to communicate with external contributors -- I think, then I do, even if there's a bit of wrestling. Wrangling with a coding agent feels a bit like "compile, test, fix, re-compile". Re-compiling generally got faster in subsequent generations of compiler releases.
My company is building internal business functions using AI right now. It works too. We're not putting that stuff in front of our customers yet, but I can see that it'll come. We may put agents into the product that let them build things for themselves.
I get the grumpiness & resistance, but I don't see how it's buying you anything. The puck isn't underfoot.
In short, the tools work. I've built things 10x faster than doing it from scratch. I also have a sense of what else I'll be able to build in a year. I also enjoy not having to add cycles to communicate with external contributors -- I think, then I do, even if there's a bit of wrestling. Wrangling with a coding agent feels a bit like "compile, test, fix, re-compile". Re-compiling generally got faster in subsequent generations of compiler releases.
My company is building internal business functions using AI right now. It works too. We're not putting that stuff in front of our customers yet, but I can see that it'll come. We may put agents into the product that let them build things for themselves.
I get the grumpiness & resistance, but I don't see how it's buying you anything. The puck isn't underfoot.