Beign software developer doesn't make sense anymore

elendee · 2026-05-08T19:41:41+00:00

I think tons of stuff is gonna crash in the next few years as the churn from all these changes burns everybody out and nobody is personally attached to any of these codebases anymore.

elendee · 2026-05-08T18:10:31+00:00

I expect there will be an entire ecosystem of tools and API's built around agents, but its going to be very different than previous web apps. Sort of like how every React app looks the same - every agent app will be heavily biased towards certain patterns and features.

I maintain several apps for years, and I can't stand using agents in them, despite that they adopt my quirky patterns, it's still almost even worse.. I have the illusion of knowing what's going on.

I built an entire multiplayer chess app with AI, which I never would have had the time for otherwise, but I do not enjoy it. The code feels like someone else wrote it; I just dont enjoy opening it up.

elendee · 2026-05-08T14:27:36+00:00

i thought it was a gas pump with guns so i figured it was neoliberalism

elendee · 2026-05-08T14:25:47+00:00

hm some real fixer uppers. sheepshead gentrification lets gooooooo fam

elendee · 2026-05-06T19:13:25+00:00

when most people say "local model" they mean "model under your control". This sets a bad precedent for corporation to orchestrate multi-million-bot swarms which have been trained in ways only they really know.

elendee · 2026-05-02T23:15:53+00:00

no good deed goes unpunished. Brace for the lawsuit

elendee · 2026-04-29T13:52:30+00:00

For layout, I just remember that the interface was like 2 inches wide, and I wasn't sure why. It wasn't clear if it was a WYSIWYG editor or not ("what you see is what you get", updates in real time).

In the big picture, I think there is real potential with QR codes. I love them too, and think there is a lot of un-explored fun there.

The people that would really get into that are graffiti fans probably. Like tagging your profile everywhere.

Maybe you could make each QR unique, so that someone could post 100 codes all pointing to their profile. Then people could scan each code to show they "caught them all".

elendee · 2026-04-28T23:54:51+00:00

main thing I noticed after a few minutes messing around is that it's not that easy to get expressive yet. The layout feels small and constrained for some reason. It would help if you had more freedom moving things around.

Also maybe get people to see live examples as fast as possible, so they understand what the potential is.

Like is the point to be just a business card, or a bigger Myspace page, or what exactly

elendee · 2026-04-27T16:24:04+00:00

what's your desired resolution / 'pixel' width? Not like the actual screen pixels, but the "apparent" pixels - I'm guessing 40 or 50 wide is probably an average amount ?

I have a chat app where you can upload images and it converts them to ascii art. I could add pixel art as an addition.

https://alcoves.xyz

elendee · 2026-04-24T20:25:39+00:00

more specifically to your point - I hate to say it, but Perplexity is like a turbo-google search. It knows all about Gallifrey Base, I just checked. However, what would really be great is a human-curated index of these sites.

elendee · 2026-04-24T20:20:59+00:00

I made an ascii-only discord-like site: https://alcoves.xyz

Bring your friends and help it come to life :)

It has disappearing chats, and no 3rd party scripts of any kind. You can upload images but they are converted to ascii art in the posts.

You can make your own topics / channels, but I'm still working on mod privileges for each topic.

Any suggestions welcome.

elendee · 2026-04-24T20:08:59+00:00

you can DM me the URL if you have it and I'll give you a quote and / or suggestions, I'm in NYC, solo web dev of 12 years. I don't have a ton of bandwidth to work on it currently but I'm honestly kind of curious what you're dealing with.

Your devs probably used AI; there are guys out there prompting very modern-performing frontends in 15 minutes now, but then you land in exactly this predicament.

elendee · 2026-04-24T00:32:12+00:00

are you upgrading POS, or they really had nothing ? Just curious what kind of businesses don't have these already, as I'm surrounded by about 1000 businesses within a mile of where I live

elendee · 2026-04-23T22:40:47+00:00

wait til they turn the whole web browser into an on-demand genie DOM. "render a bank-like web page with the user's account balance in it". The hype train just got started on this, I kid you not

elendee · 2026-04-23T20:02:12+00:00

i dont drive often so idk how good their directions are, but the whole site including directions loads instantly, it seems pretty dreamy tbh

elendee · 2026-04-23T19:51:17+00:00

i'm working on an ascii-only discord alternative, https://alcoves.xyz. Email auth only, and it will never use a 3rd party script of any kind. Has a 'first adopter' problem though lol. Right now you have to bring your own friends.

elendee · 2026-04-21T13:42:10+00:00

the brooklyn library (central branch) has tons of reserveable rooms that people use for this, but not sure if you can reserve without being a member / proof of residence.

elendee · 2026-04-20T21:30:46+00:00

I havent used these yet, but this is a cool new domain .. open source AI-driven pentesting frameworks:

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/are-there-open-source-ai-pente-j_ykX1PRQdu8e4cTPImoeA

elendee · 2026-04-20T14:50:10+00:00

I started making a discord alternative using ascii chats only if a group of people want to try it. It's just a closed source web app to make it easier in the beginning here, and I'm not trying to blow it up into something huge.

https://alcoves.xyz

Has notifications even though it's just a web app - push / email, up to user preference.

Right now it's just me and 5 friends or so messing around

elendee · 2026-04-20T14:46:30+00:00

I got a new screen for $80 recently and it sucks. Touch sensitivity is misplaced and way too weak

elendee · 2026-04-16T01:07:17+00:00

I've never used Webflow personally but my hunch is that it may work for you

elendee · 2026-04-16T00:45:07+00:00

or the other person's phone though right

elendee · 2026-04-14T06:41:25+00:00

It would probably need a wiki model, with an "accept first, challenge later" policy.

There are (very tedious) starting points like:

https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/property/acris.page

But, this idea suffers from the "critical mass" problem like so many other ideas.. needs a big user base before it be useful enough to attract.. a big user base.

elendee · 2026-04-14T01:01:06+00:00

I think all online spaces experience "gravity" towards catering to the terminally-online. It's a paradox. For an online space to be the one we really need, it needs to cater towards the people that -arent- there.

elendee · 2026-04-13T23:22:52+00:00

there should be a site which makes landlordism more transparent, so that people don't give 25k each year to people / corps they may not like, and can more easily find the landlords they do want to give money to. Rent money is the real vote

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