Escaping the LLM Coding Rat Race
10 hours ago
- The fear of falling behind by not constantly using AI agents is manufactured to sell AI inference, not a real threat.
- Shipping products with AI is easier than marketing them; distribution is more important than production.
- Data from NBER shows AI-generated books have lower engagement and lag behind human-authored books, despite increased supply.
- Apple App Store saw a 30% increase in supply but only 3% growth in downloads, indicating consumers do not clamor for AI-authored applications.
- Constant tokenmaxxing leads to burnout without real business success; building a business requires slow, thoughtful work like talking to customers and running experiments.
- The 'permanent underclass' meme is marketing to sell tokens; real success comes from working on the right things the right way, not speed at all costs.