Great talk! Lots of food for thought. I'm fully onboard with this vision, and I love the terms home-cooked software and barefoot developers :) I only think we should aim higher than to make it easy for people to create apps within the current paradigm. LLMs are great at parroting what they've seen and repurposing it in interesting and useful ways, but they're very much operating within the paradigm they've been trained in (aren't we all). It's up to us humans, at least the two-eyed* among us, to explore alternative ways of computing and interacting with computers. If successful, I think that should lead to the same goal, while not remaining stuck in a dying paradigm, but bringing forth a new one. I think that's a much more exciting vision. Let's not forget that the paradigm we find ourselves in is a pretty lousy one compared to the visions of two-eyed* people like Doug Engelbart, Ted Nelson, Alan Kay and Bret Victor. I too think local-first could be a key ingredient in bringing about this change, but I think human wisdom will be more important than machine intelligence if there is to be a paradigm shift. Ideally, but to the extent possible, I also think it should be a clean break from legacy systems. Including the internet and files-in-folders, at least conceptually and as dependencies. Only then can you really start to innovate ("then what?"). Oh, and I started out as a home cook. I made all sorts of little programs when I was a youngster, mostly for myself, some I shared with others. And one for my mother, a program that helped her with her work as a curator of online newspapers in the late 90s. 1 user, but it's the software I'm most proud of to this day. *) "In the country of blind, the one-eyed people run things and the two-eyed people are in for one hell of a rough time. That said, we owe much of civilization to the insights and suffering of the tiny number of two-eyed people." (Alan Kay talking about Ted Nelson)
Well done: informative, very clear and easy-to-grasp graphics that punctuate the narrative, and confidently presented. Overall, it shows that you've put a lot of thought into this topic. Thanks for your effort.
Oh my goodness, I have thought about this for some time. I can see a substantial rise in SaaS development catering to niche workflow tasks, and they are genuinely gaining traction. Furthermore, a speech delivered by the founder of Patreon at SXSW resonates with the concept of the "barefoot developer" idea. The talk name was, "Death of the followers".
Nah, indie hackers (xxi century version) are greedy for MRR and stuff like that 😅 it’s more about the classic software hackers of 80s-90s which did build crazy stuff they envisioned just for the heck of it… but still not the same… I like the idea anyways 👍
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Great talk! Lots of food for thought. I'm fully onboard with this vision, and I love the terms home-cooked software and barefoot developers :)
I only think we should aim higher than to make it easy for people to create apps within the current paradigm. LLMs are great at parroting what they've seen and repurposing it in interesting and useful ways, but they're very much operating within the paradigm they've been trained in (aren't we all). It's up to us humans, at least the two-eyed* among us, to explore alternative ways of computing and interacting with computers. If successful, I think that should lead to the same goal, while not remaining stuck in a dying paradigm, but bringing forth a new one. I think that's a much more exciting vision. Let's not forget that the paradigm we find ourselves in is a pretty lousy one compared to the visions of two-eyed* people like Doug Engelbart, Ted Nelson, Alan Kay and Bret Victor.
I too think local-first could be a key ingredient in bringing about this change, but I think human wisdom will be more important than machine intelligence if there is to be a paradigm shift.
Ideally, but to the extent possible, I also think it should be a clean break from legacy systems. Including the internet and files-in-folders, at least conceptually and as dependencies. Only then can you really start to innovate ("then what?").
Oh, and I started out as a home cook. I made all sorts of little programs when I was a youngster, mostly for myself, some I shared with others. And one for my mother, a program that helped her with her work as a curator of online newspapers in the late 90s. 1 user, but it's the software I'm most proud of to this day.
*) "In the country of blind, the one-eyed people run things and the two-eyed people are in for one hell of a rough time. That said, we owe much of civilization to the insights and suffering of the tiny number of two-eyed people." (Alan Kay talking about Ted Nelson)
Great presentation! Got the idea juices flowing…
Maggie the GREAT!!!
Well done: informative, very clear and easy-to-grasp graphics that punctuate the narrative, and confidently presented. Overall, it shows that you've put a lot of thought into this topic. Thanks for your effort.
Thank you for the thoughtful presentation on this topic! I am inspired to find ways to use my skills to help with the barefoot developers movement!
Oh my goodness, I have thought about this for some time. I can see a substantial rise in SaaS development catering to niche workflow tasks, and they are genuinely gaining traction. Furthermore, a speech delivered by the founder of Patreon at SXSW resonates with the concept of the "barefoot developer" idea. The talk name was, "Death of the followers".
Incredible talk. Thank you, Maggie!
Amazing talk, very clear and neat.
Loved the talk, great story, great Message and great design!
great talk. lots of gud takes!
powerful stuff thanks!
Amazing talk 👏👏👏
This is powerful stuff.
amazing talk
Isn’t barefoot == indie hacker?
Nah, indie hackers (xxi century version) are greedy for MRR and stuff like that 😅 it’s more about the classic software hackers of 80s-90s which did build crazy stuff they envisioned just for the heck of it… but still not the same… I like the idea anyways 👍