alt Hacker NewsThat won't happen, because time to market is the biggest obstacle between the developers and the monies.
If leftpad, electron, Anthropic, Zed, $shady_library$ gonna help developers beat that obstacle, they'll do it instantly, without thinking, without regret.
Because an app is not built to help you. It's built to make them monies. It's not about the user, never.
Note: I'm completely on the same page with you, with a strict personal policy of "don't import anything unless it's absolutely necessary and check the footprint first".
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This is wild shift that AI allows now. I am building stuff, but not all of it is for public consumption. Monies matter, but, so does my peace of mind. Maybe even more so these days.
i guess it's a market thing? because when i build stuff in a B2B scenario for customers, it is about the customer's users. Because the customer's users are the money.
at least, that's my attitude on it :shrugs:
It’s not always about money. It’s also about the time of the developer. Even for a hobby project you may burn out before to actually deliver it.