i'm using more new apps than ever before, but having fewer app experiences that spark joy

software as content feels soulless - unsure if this will change

curation has only become more and more important in the last 20 years

i feel like the exact opposite is going to happen

curation will be more important than ever

i think it's pretty reasonable to think it won't change

but i actually have hope that AI will be able to raise the bar

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fortune cookie casts, memes, parenting, building mini apps, /framedl, /framedl-pro & /calmer

imo it's not taste that's rare, it's the active defiance against low quality stuff

when you know people are satisfied with less, it gets really tempting to just do less
when you know you get the dopamine from a shitty video feed, it's really tempting to just sit there and watch

people with great taste can be victims of both directions

software always trended in this direction - i don't think it's a bad thing

just kinda shows you how rare taste actually is

commoditization

just look at e.g. furniture, almost everyone gets soulless ikea (mass-produced, cheap materials), some get taylor-made cheap material stuff, some get mass-produced quality-material stuff, very few get taylor-made quality material stuff

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oh okay. I think I get what you mean, thanks! 
I feel like, as software becomes easier to create, the value proposition of creating software, is going to go from being semi-stable to completely haywire, but what do I know?

As software becomes easier to create we move further into a paradigm of disposable/one-off software, similar to content, which is largely ephemeral

That sounds miserable. I am honestly not sure what you mean when you say “software as content” though? I hope somebody unexpected facilitates the experience that we deserve.

AI lifts the floor but hasn’t exploded the ceiling yet

AI lifts the floor but hasn’t exploded the ceiling yet

https://www.wysr.xyz/p/ai-lets-you-be-insta-mid-at-everything

AI has lowered the barrier of entry, which in turn creates more options and, sadly also lowers the average quality too, and in turn itself makes  finding quality harder.

Abundance has this effect with all things in life.
I will savor my small 45g pack of chips, but when I get my 200g large pack, the dopamine hit just isn't the same.

I think what youre describing is that software as content today is in an uncanny valley. its not quite there. it lacks purpose and is mostly novelty.

Gameboy cartridge era 2.0. 

Or game cube micro disc era 2.0, if you’re not as elderly as the gameboy gamegear gang.

I agree! I feel swamped I have on my to do list to try out Claude Code but suddenly Gemini CLI drops. 

I have however found apps I can't live without any more which is positive.

I agree and try to be aware of shinny object syndrome personally, even more so now that AI has made software = content. 

I set a high friction to change voluntarily / if it works don’t fix it mentality. 

Kind of bringing to software the mentality I started a few years back when I stopped buying every new iPhone.

Maybe your quality bar has gone up over time too?

Coin it feels soul less 

Ai is soul less

The future is looking …

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