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1. torben-friis · 1790026444 · focus · HN ↗

   Here's my constant question:

   Everyone's going so fast that they keep hitting walls. Review, CI, product asking for things, whatever.

   Why have we not seen an improvements in products?

   While every post and thread feels like a 90's wall street office, the new android and iphone ship with fewer features than usual. No indie guys come up with a linux-sized alternative OS. Switch 2 remains unhacked. Windows takes 3 seconds to show the right click menu.

   Is everyone just running full speed in circles or something?

   1. lacker · 1790028098 · focus · HN ↗

      Well you mention Android, iPhone, Nintendo, and Microsoft. Those are the biggest companies, and many of them don't even use the best coding tools. So they are not going to be the ones improving.

      On the other hand, look at the YC companies. I think the last batch or two is growing revenue faster than any batches ever before. Those are the companies that are being sped up a huge amount by AI.

      1. compiler-guy · 1790045005 · focus · HN ↗

         It’s hard to imagine a company more all in on ai than Google. The pressure to use it is intense and they are throwing ai at basically every problem. If a proposal doesn’t have ai in the title somewhere it has no chance of funding.

         I don’t really think it has made Google products better, but it is absolutely the expectation.

         1. lacker · 1790223579 · focus · HN ↗

            To me, it's easy to imagine them going more all in. For example, they could let their employees use ChatGPT and Claude!

            They love to say "AI" but they don't seem to want to accept the reality of what AI is right now.

      2. Rapzid · 1790084108 · focus · HN ↗

         I have a sneaking suspicion Nintendo's recent docked VRR support may have been an AI assisted endeavor. It even has proper LFC support which the PS5 does not..

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