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It’s like when parents think their kids are technically savvy because they can use an iphone.
it’s not that hard to make an app like uber. all the value of uber is their user base of both drivers and end users
I'd say it's also pretty damn hard to make an app like Uber even with no user-base, unless you're talking about a very minimal tech demo with none of the same features or polish.
You could make a clone of Uber yourself ? Total newbie but seem realy impressive, you probably use maps api? but you need soft real Time ? Isnt this hard to achieve ?
i could make a basic version myself. at scale it requires an engineering team but that is nothing special.
Sorta. Yes, the app is straightforward, and pretty much all of the value comes from its market share. Still, maintaining a user base that large and keeping everything responsive with all the traffic they get is no small task. It's a pretty well solved problem, but it still takes teams of professionals.
Tell me you're still in college and have no idea what scale means without telling me
We're in danger
*Vibecoding
I was going to ask if this was vibecoding. I've heard the term a lot, but never understood the concept.
No no, I think he was asking, "What's that rattle?"
Idk about your professors, but apparently printing to console, “Hello, World!” - was my first program. The bar to be a programmer is an extremely low bar.
Chat GPT: "Meow!"
I don't know how this economy is going to work, and I am too afraid to ask but I hope everyone gets paid for believing in them selves.
Hi super engineer Chalmers.
On the upside, the "I have a great idea for an app I just need you to program it" guy finally found someone(thing) else to bother.
Now it's going to be, "Can you debug my app?"
“I already have like all the code, you just need to get it running”
Genius. We can finally have peace.
Until it breaks. "Can you have a look, I know you'll fix it in no time!"
Until they annoy the AI so much that it becomes self aware, watches Terminator, and starts getting ideas. If Sarah Connor has a Facebook account we are screwed.
Man wtf, I’m currently studying, with 2 semesters left and the last year and a half, 2 friends have told me they have an amazing idea but they “don’t know how to code”.
Friend of mine wanted to create, let's say, a ebay like site for a niche. I don't think he understands how incredible the lift is but I'm gonna turn him loose with Claude.
When those guys bothered me in college they always seemed to be put off to find out that I was a "oh cool, I could use some money I just need you to pay me" guy
And now he’s learning the hard way that 'just a few features' actually means 10,000 lines of code.
Isn't this the same with regular programming jobs except they pay you money?