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>>aspect+(OP)
All these tools to build something, but nothing to build. I feel like I am part of a Pyramid Scheme where every product is about building something else, but nothing reaches the end user.

Note: nothing against fluid.sh, I am struggling to figure out something to build.

>>fallou+0j
That is the problem with software developers with expertise in software, but no deep domain knowledge outside the CS world.

>>aabaji+fm
It is my belief with some exceptions it is almost always easier to teach a domain expert to code than it is to teach a software developer the domain.

>>tempes+8s
Not all kinds of programming are the same.

Web dev is low entry barrier and most web devs don’t need a very deep knowledge base.

Embedded, low level language, using optimizations of the OS / hardware require MUCH more specialized knowledge. Most of the 4 year undergraduate program for Computer Science self selects for mathematics inclined students who then learn how to read and learn advanced mathematics / programming concepts.

There’s nothing that is a hard limit to prevent domain expert autodidacts from picking up programming, but the deeper the programming knowledge, the more the distribution curves of programmers / non-programmers will be able to succeed.

Non programmers are more likely to be flexible to find less programming-specific methods to solve the overall problem, which I very much welcome. But I think LLM-based app development mostly just democratizes the entry into programming.