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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. geooff_ · 1790037482 · focus · HN ↗

      I've been bootstrapping for two years now, just me and AI tooling.

      Code moves much faster, product taste doesn't. Once you have your marching orders you can make features 10x faster. Shots off target still miss though. It doesn't matter if your code gets generated 10x faster when it doesn't resonate with users.

      1. deaux · 1790066329 · focus · HN ↗

         "This" is lazy but yes, this. Especially in the app space, 90% of the stuff coming out has barely any "do people who aren't me actually need this, does this deliver something new and useful" thought put into it. It's a skill most people lack, they can't judge it.

         Bootstrapping a solo software business has multiple core required skills. Technical skills are now largely unnecessary, but it turns out most people lack multiple of the other required skills too.

         1. Axsuul · 1790081162 · focus · HN ↗

            Technical skills are very much still required to take the product into maturity. Coding a prototype is very different from building something actually polished enough to generate value.

            1. deaux · 1790090516 · focus · HN ↗

               No, there's a class of apps that are very much small enough to not require them, yet still deliver value. You're thinking too large.

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