💭 The shovelware cometh
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!https://jerodsanto.net/2026/02/the-shovelware-cometh/

Date: February 3, 2026

The shovelware cometh
 In September of last year, I covered a post by Mike Judge arguing that AI coding claims don’t add up, in which he asked this question:

If so many developers are so extraordinarily productive usi...
 jerodsanto.net [1]

Not surprising theirs a lag, between the models getting better, the tools getting better, and the masses getting better at using them, it takes time. This is still quite a hockey stick. I'm wondering how many are not posting on Show HN embarrassed they built something they know nothing about and afraid to get questions. I have no idea how anyone would get this ratio, but if I were a betting man, Id bet the ratio of build/show went way up. Plus we are probably getting a ton of people who have never heard of HN start building cool bespoke things for themselves and thats it, they use it, they love it, they might tell/show a friend.

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