Totally agree

The value for Anthropic / OAI is that they have a strong interest in becoming the "default" agent.

The one that you don't need to install, because it's already provided by your package manager.

I don't think this holds because we're talking about developers who know how to use a package manager, on a piece of software you have to install anyways. The friction of "uv add $other_llm_software" is too low for it to have a real impact.

I think they're more into the extra context they can build for the LLM with ruff/ty.

You fool think they are targeting developers with this purchase?

I don’t think they’re targeting the C suite with it, because they don’t use uv and Microsoft already has Copilot for the “it’s bad but bundled with stuff you’re already paying for” market.

idk, i think it's the other way around. I imagine in 5 years my new laptop setup will look like:

    $ curl 'claude.ai/install?key=abcd123' | bash -e
    $ claude 'finish laptop setup from http://github.com/justjake/Dotfiles'

claude will be the one to install / set up the system, not the other way around. claude was certainly the one who installed `uv` on my current machine.

Fair point, and honestly at work I'd push back the same way: shipping a custom tunnel solution when mature ones exist? Why?

But for personal projects I think the calculus is different. Rebuilding something is great to understand how it works

I'm not experienced like some people posting here, but vouching for this comment that projects may have value for personal development and education.

Looking at the commit history, this came together pretty fast. Assuming it's AI-assisted (hard to know for sure), it's a good example of the opposite of the "AI replaces developers" narrative.

AI is making whole categories of projects viable that simply weren't before. Not because they were technically impossible, but because they were too time-consuming for a niche audience to justify the effort.

Thanks for the cool project! (testing now)

I've built so many fun projects that I've been meaning to build using AI, and my boss has as well.

I do agree that AI does make a whole category of projects feasible, but I disagree that AI does not also replace developers.

Should AI replace developers? I'd argue no, and the recent Amazon outage proves that.

But is AI replacing developers? Many companies seem to be doing so, whether or not it's a good idea.

I've also subscribed to the idea that even if AI doesn't replace me, I could be replaced by a developer using AI, so it's in my best interest to understand how to use it effectively (hence the projects!)

Karaoke software? Sure. Karaoke software that automatically extracts vocals? Heck no.

That removed them though…

Interesting, what was it called and how effective was it?

It was some feature in Nero, the software to burn CDs