People seem calm in here, but I really now think is replacing a lot of industries. Like Website Designer. I totally see people asking chatgpt to build them a website instead of paying them 2,000 USD.
Soon it will connect to Ads and it will runs for it as well.
Honestly since Opus 5.5, Opus is my interface for 95% off my work. I don’t open emails anymore i let it summarize draft and handle most of the work and I only talk to Claude and not read/write the emails myself.
I also barely go in analytics dashboards anymore, Most I do is creating artifacts to explain if text is not enough for me to understand.
I’m going to bed. I have analytics running for every cancellation on my software to see what goes on. I have a/b tests running that are getting interpreted automatically. My bugs are getting fixed automatically.
I can monitor my competitors and copy every feature a/b test resolution they’ve done instantly for (3$ of my budget)
I’m an early adaptor of the latest models. The labs will have better tools already, but it really feels like a breaking point. What’s normal for me today is normal for more tomorrow and the friction has never been lower...
Given that your entire business is what can Claude do without you doing pretty much anything, do you wonder what your market would look like if 5 competitors did the same thing?
Imagine if there were 5 competitors all selling variations of the same basic products with minor cosmetic differences! The horror! How would you ever make any money? It's simply inconceivable.
I'm not sure what you are alluding to. Is it that his margins would go down? 5, 50, 500 competitors sell the same basic products on every shopping app: Amazon, Temu, Etsy, etc. Even brick and mortar stores like Walmart sell products not of their own brand.
Or is it because he uses Claude that something changes?
Back when all clothing was hand cut and stitched out of cloth also made by hand every pair of underwear was overflowing with human touch and also cost so much time or money that you'd be lucky to have more than one pair if you weren't very wealthy. Now most clothing and especially basics like underwear and socks are mass produced and even the poorest people can afford to have new clothing on a regular basis and own multiple changes instead of wearing rough homespun and patched up rags. Yes, it became commodified. Is this a bad thing? Decidedly not unless you prefer only the wealthy to be able to afford clean, new and even stylish clothing.
Notice that commodification didn't eliminate the demand for custom made or designer clothing. It stayed a luxury and demand and variety even increased. Commodification opens up a range of markets as well besides just the cheapest market you get a whole spectrum of quality, cost and niche markets that weren't possible when supply was constrained. The same thing will happen with software. If you want to make artisanal, hand made to order apps and websites then there will be plenty of people that want that but now everyone will be able to afford their own good enough app or website without investing a huge amount of time or money to build it.
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Soon it will connect to Ads and it will runs for it as well.
Honestly since Opus 5.5, Opus is my interface for 95% off my work. I don’t open emails anymore i let it summarize draft and handle most of the work and I only talk to Claude and not read/write the emails myself.
I also barely go in analytics dashboards anymore, Most I do is creating artifacts to explain if text is not enough for me to understand.
I’m going to bed. I have analytics running for every cancellation on my software to see what goes on. I have a/b tests running that are getting interpreted automatically. My bugs are getting fixed automatically.
I can monitor my competitors and copy every feature a/b test resolution they’ve done instantly for (3$ of my budget)
I’m an early adaptor of the latest models. The labs will have better tools already, but it really feels like a breaking point. What’s normal for me today is normal for more tomorrow and the friction has never been lower...
Interesting..
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Or is it because he uses Claude that something changes?
thatsabadlook · · focus · HN ↗
pigpop · · focus · HN ↗
Notice that commodification didn't eliminate the demand for custom made or designer clothing. It stayed a luxury and demand and variety even increased. Commodification opens up a range of markets as well besides just the cheapest market you get a whole spectrum of quality, cost and niche markets that weren't possible when supply was constrained. The same thing will happen with software. If you want to make artisanal, hand made to order apps and websites then there will be plenty of people that want that but now everyone will be able to afford their own good enough app or website without investing a huge amount of time or money to build it.