Jeff Johnson2d ago

RE: https://mastodon.macstories.net/@macstories/116255585273477515

"Transitioning from the instrument player to the conductor of the orchestra"

I don't think this analogy is good, especially for an indie developer. A 40-piece orchestra needs a conductor, but a 4-piece rock band does not. In any case, the musicians are always the talent, a conductor merely a coordinator. Moreover, in classical music, the conductor is not even the composer.

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@lapcatsoftware relevant: https://asymptomatic.net/posts/2026-03-18-the-nail-gun-problem
Asymptomatic - The Nail Gun Problem

I read an article recently claiming that AI will replace spreadsheets. The argument goes something like this: why wrestle with pivot tables and VLOOKUP when you can just ask AI to generate code that

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