This feels like the notorious Dropbox objections when it launched. Just because it's easy to you doesn't mean it's easy for everyone. I can see this being really useful for my product which is cursor on my phone/computer/and browser. I built an IDE with a Linux container so I could have a real dev environment and file system on my iPhone. It let's me code at the beach with my kids (plan and epic have the AI do a massive pull request while I am having fun for 30 mins with the family. Spend 5 minutes giving the code a look which often finds some large concerns that warrant a new prompt etc). The containers were actually a huge pain to set up and I am still not satisfied with my implementation.
I'll definitely check this out. This project is actually perfect for several projects i am working on.
There are a category of super apps that haven’t really been possible before because they threshold of utility required too many features to realistically build. Think SAP or EPIC or an operating engine to run an enterprise. But now they are possible and building all the features will give a business something they have never had.
But you still need to talk to customers to translate their domain expertise into prompts into code.
Cool project. I don’t think people will get the mobile version until they need it but when they do it’s a mind bending, life changing realization. I built my own IDE to have it on my phone because I have small kids and it is truly life changing. I get to spend way more time with my kids while still getting work done.
If you’re open to collaborating I’d be happy to share what I’ve learned an see if we can share resources or lessons.
Umm. I have small kids that I take to classes and swim school and gymnastics and so on and so on. I built www.propelcode.app which is similar to this project so I didn’t need to be chained to my desktop and I didn’t need to let AI agents run wild with no code review or human in the loop oversight. For some of us doing development on our phones is living life.
And the fact that some of the coding tasks I trigger take 20 minutes means I can fire off a message, leave it, look at the code when I have a spare moment, suggest changes, and go on spending time with my kids.
Honestly it’s freaking amazing.
And I will definitely check out this project and contribute to it with what I have learned! Kudos to the developers behind it.
I was a lawyer in 2008 representing banks in the financial crisis. Multiple bankers wives set up companies to by mortgage backed securities using government loans and government guarantees on payment upon default. That let the banks get the toxic mortgages off their balance sheet.
These wives were yoga teachers and socialites. And I say that as a man that is a feminist and upmost respect for the amazing women I have worked with that were absolutely world renowned professionals. The bankers wives were not in that category and were shells to eliminate the “conflict of interest”. The CEO of Goldman Sachs did this. You can find the records if you want to be on a government watch list.
Look what happened to Greensboro North Carolina when textiles were off shored. Or thomasville North Carolina when furniture manufacturing was. Not pretty.
Or look at the music industry budgets and fate of middle class musicians after Napster.
Or the luddites after the automated loom.
But then remember that before these transitions most people had two or three outfits total, then look in your closet and think about how expensive clothes feel to you. They aren’t something you save up for generally. Same thing with furniture. Instead of family heirlooms because a dresser is the price of a car, you throw away ikea every time you move.
I am not saying that is better. But software development is going to go from bespoke tailored and hand crafted to fast fashion. So learn that history before it punches you in the face.
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