Where is the software innovation?
Summary
A tech commentator questions where all the new software innovations are, noting that despite powerful AI coding agents enabling people to build new things quickly, they are not seeing many cool new products or innovations from others or companies.
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Nate Meyvis 探讨了为什么在 AI 编码工具盛行的当下，人们似乎没有看到更多全新且优秀的软件，并列举了九个推测性的解释，包括软件改进以不易察觉的方式发生、私有软件取代公开软件等。
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