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The author observes that LLMs/AI are making DIY software tinkering accessible for the first time, as evidenced by the rapid growth of projects like OpenClaw and the reMarkable Riddle repo, suggesting that many people will prefer to customize software themselves rather than buy commercial solutions.

humans like to diy and tinker, for the first time in history diy and tinkering in the computer is accessible. people modify their cars, tractors, houses, furnitures, clothing, landscape, not because they have to but because they want to. llm/ai makes it possible to do the same with software and technology. openclaw grew very fast despite requireing you to be quite technical. my reMarkable Riddle repo is still very much a prototype/wip repo yet it already has ~1000 stars and dozens of forks. people love to get 'into it', customize and diy. we are probably not ready for how long and how much people will diy software instead of buying from a professional / commercial source.
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humans like to diy and tinker, for the first time in history diy and tinkering in the computer is accessible.

people modify their cars, tractors, houses, furnitures, clothing, landscape, not because they have to but because they want to. llm/ai makes it possible to do the same with software and technology. openclaw grew very fast despite requireing you to be quite technical. my reMarkable Riddle repo is still very much a prototype/wip repo yet it already has ~1000 stars and dozens of forks.

people love to get ‘into it’, customize and diy.

we are probably not ready for how long and how much people will diy software instead of buying from a professional / commercial source.

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