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Yes, it will be easier for people to build new libraries and languages, but they won't gain traction.
by varjag 24d ago
Yes, it will be easier for people to build new libraries and languages, but they won't gain traction.
- embedding-shape 24d agoBut who cares if they gain traction? I don't need it to gain traction for me to be able to make use of it correctly and efficiently. In fact, I probably need the opposite, for it to not gain traction, so I can focus on using it and improving it for myself only.
- hk__2 24d agoThis is a general comment; it might not apply to your personal use-case.
- embedding-shape 24d agoI guess I should have prefixed my initial comment with "This is my personal use-case, not a general comment"?
- menaerus 24d agogist was certainly not implying that it was not possible to do it or that some people won't continue doing it but the point was rather that the pool of such people or such projects will significantly decrease because software has now (mostly) reached the abundance state where all of these technical details start to matter less and less for general consumption.
- dmortin 24d agoIf it does not gain traction then it's irrelevant in the global software field. You can have fun with it, but it won't make a difference, so from the point of view of the software market it won't exist.
- rfgplk 24d agoDo you hold the same opinion with regards to Jonathan Blows jai language?
- archagon 24d agoLibraries, languages, and all that good stuff are the stepping stones we use in service of building powerful abstractions that can then be used to expand software complexity. You cannot LLM your way out of that, I’m afraid.
- varjag 24d agoSure. It's just we won't have any new popular ones.