The disposable web

September 13, 2024

Tools like websim.ai and repl.it are enabling me to create the things that I need and I’ve always wanted but didn’t feel that I had the time to do… But what happens to that software? Do I scale it? I don’t necessarily want other people to use the tools, they’re really just meant for me. Maybe they will be useful…. It’s not something that I always want to think about.

When I hand make something and put time into it, I have an attachment to it. I don’t want to lose it. Maybe it’s a sunk-cost fallacy thing, or just my ego… When I prompt it…. It doesn’t matter, it’s disposable.

I really believe that we’re at a point where software can be disposable. You can now write once, run everywhere once, and that’s ok. And for me the web is the best platform to do create and run software on even if it is only just for me.This new tooling is stopping me from stopping starting.

Source: The disposable web

Paul Kinlan captures something I’ve been feeling (and putting into action) as have others like Simon Willison and Scott Jenson.