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Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote [video]

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  1. zerr · · focus · HN ↗
    So the keynote mentions that in a perspective you are going to be a "maker of things" rather than a coder. But, nobody is asking, in a perspective, why would anybody use the stuff you "make" rather than using AI directly? All of the notion of apps disappears, in a perspective.
    1. aogaili · · focus · HN ↗
      Because it does take some skills, judgement, taste, knowledge, time and effort to build things. He said it is not very different from directing a team of contractors, and also said that a 10x dev in now 1000x with a tool like this. He also gave the parallel of photography to address this point, that people were forced to be more creative and adapt.

      But I assume you didn't use to build anything substantial.

      1. zerr · · focus · HN ↗
        > it does take some skills, judgement, taste, knowledge, time and effort to build things

        As of now, but we are talking in a perspective.

        1. ozim · · focus · HN ↗
          People are not well organised.

          Business people I work with tend to have all kind of ideas in different places, I cannot count all the Trello boards they have abandoned. Users are usually lazy and don't want to fill in data properly, well yeah chatbox with llm is cool interface, but you still have to enforce structure for data so it is useful.

          With AI problem is still there "garbage in, garbage out", models are not going to imagine correct data to fill in blanks, in the end if you need someones birthday, someone has to type it in.

          Web app I am working on is organised only because we get engineers and quality assurance and we get paid for maintaining application. Data is structured and we can deliver insights because the application enforces structure.

          There are far more requirements than AI can deliver on its own.

      2. Jtarii · · focus · HN ↗
        >and also said that a 10x dev in now 1000x with a tool like this

        Yeah, I'm sure you are doing ~4 years worth of work per day. Get real Jesus Christ.

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