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1. danpalmer · 1790989621 · focus · HN ↗

   This is exactly the sort of software that was hard to prioritise before LLMs, and trivial to build with LLMs.

   There's nothing interesting going on here, and I don't mean that as a criticism. There's a clear schema, no particularly clever UX needed, you can build almost all of this out of standard UI components, and the problem is well defined.

   The only challenge is the actual time input for coding, and that's mostly gone today.

   1. latexr · 1790995086 · focus · HN ↗

      Apple is a multi-trillion dollar corporation. They spent billions on a doomed car project which never saw the light of day. They release unfinished software on an unsustainable schedule. Their software quality has been declining for over a decade. Their design is lacklustre now and issues go unaddressed indefinitely. They are shoving ads everywhere.

      The last thing they need is more things to get distracted with. They don’t need LLMs, they need to care and focus on making good products.

      1. Barbing · 1791002946 · focus · HN ↗

         > They release unfinished software on an unsustainable schedule.

         Help us, John Ternus.

         1. latexr · 1791017635 · focus · HN ↗

            Unlikely. They have locked themselves into OS versions tied to numbers corresponding to the year. If anything, they are likely to double-down on it.

            1. nikanj · 1791020706 · focus · HN ↗

               Hopefully, the difference between releasing 27.3 and 28.0 is just one variable in some build config

               1. latexr · 1791021448 · focus · HN ↗

                  It’s not. Every year they spend a whole week talking about new additions to their operating systems (WWDC) and then a whole summer feeding builds to developers. They’re not going to stop doing that any time soon. If big number increases, they’ll have to announce something.

                  1. goalieca · 1791023057 · focus · HN ↗

                     Apple is sales driven.

                     1. latexr · 1791024108 · focus · HN ↗

                        What’s your point? That’s not a secret, nor is it in dispute.
                     2. nikanj · 1791025770 · focus · HN ↗

                        All successful projects are. "We'll make more of the thing that the market wants" is a pretty reasonable strategy.
                     3. newsclues · 1791033184 · focus · HN ↗

                        Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" sold a lotta systems without major features added.

                        Apple could alternate annual releases with performance/security focus and features. Need to figure a cadence of changing the UI that fits in with that cycle.

                        1. wahnfrieden · 1791039270 · focus · HN ↗

                           27 was literally another Snow Leopard

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