AI and Home-Cooked Software
10 days ago
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- AI is enabling people with domain knowledge but no coding experience to build their own tools quickly.
- This trend is creating 'home-cooked software'—personal, tailored applications that solve specific needs.
- AI reduces the time and technical barriers to building software, shifting the focus to imagination and understanding needs.
- However, challenges include the 'AI Tax'—hidden costs like prompt engineering, verification, and debugging AI-generated code.
- Security risks and technical debt are concerns, but personal tools have limited impact if they fail.
- The rise of personal tools is empowering, allowing hyper-personalization and creativity without market constraints.