"If every product is used by an agent driving a CLI, what’s going to differentiate Basecamp or Fizzy from the cheapest alternative?"
At that point, why even bother with "driving a CLI"? I have a hard time seeing how this all doesn't go away soon. At the current trajectory, I am not seeing a future where software like Basecamp or Fizzy or the cheapest alternative are competitive with "Claude, build a basecamp-style project management tool for my team."
I don't mean to say that thoughtfully built, opinionated software doesn't have intrinsic value, I believe it will always be "better" in certain aspects...I just can't fathom that a market for it will exist in very short order.
I would LOVE to be talked out of this perspective.
Why would you build an app at all? Why wouldn't Claude just be the app itself? You ask it to set up your UI in the web app and you just use Claude for your entire workflow.
We're only a few persistent widgets and a better persistent storage story away from this possibility.
This is kind of like Alan Kay's idea in the 70s/80s for the Smalltalk image being the software that users customize to their needs instead of buying the software, except now it's a chatbot/agent interface instead of a customizable, integrated Smalltalk IDE.
captainclam · · focus · HN ↗
At that point, why even bother with "driving a CLI"? I have a hard time seeing how this all doesn't go away soon. At the current trajectory, I am not seeing a future where software like Basecamp or Fizzy or the cheapest alternative are competitive with "Claude, build a basecamp-style project management tool for my team."
I don't mean to say that thoughtfully built, opinionated software doesn't have intrinsic value, I believe it will always be "better" in certain aspects...I just can't fathom that a market for it will exist in very short order.
I would LOVE to be talked out of this perspective.
JeremyNT · · focus · HN ↗
We're only a few persistent widgets and a better persistent storage story away from this possibility.
bigfishrunning · · focus · HN ↗
Because then you don't have to keep spending tokens to use the app.
goatlover · · focus · HN ↗
andersonpico · · focus · HN ↗