Hardly Promethean
The author argues that the recent shift towards native applications and Rust for backends is driven by cost rather than any specific technological advantage. They reference José Valim's question about the future of web apps and Dan Luu's analysis of the cost of performance work decreasing due to LLMs. Varun Gandhi builds on Luu's argument, pointing out that experts working on their own projects are rare exceptions.
The author emphasizes that DHH's keynote for Rails World is not about cost but rather about personal preferences and existing expertise, similar to Luu's and Gandhi's scenarios. They conclude that while LLMs can generate existing solutions efficiently, they fail to create truly novel ideas, as seen in the author's list of "everything" DHH could build using these tools.
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