Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers

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The emerging golden age of home-cooked software, barefoot developers, and why the local-first community should help build it This is a talk I presented Local-first Conference in Berlin, May 2024. It's specifically directed at the local-first community, but its relevant to anyone involved in building software. This is a talk I presented Local-first Conference in Berlin, May 2024. It's specifically directed at the local-first community, but its relevant to anyone involved in building software. For the last ~year I've been keeping a close eye on how language models capabilities meaningfully change the speed, ease, and accessibility of software development. The slightly bold theory I put forward in this talk is that we're on a verge of a golden age of local, home-cooked software and a new kind of developer – what I've called the barefoot developer. The video recording will be up here in a few weeks, but until then, here's the transcript and slides. First, a quick intro. I’m Maggie. I look

This is a talk I presented Local-first Conference https://www.localfirstconf.com/ in Berlin, May 2024 2ya . It’s specifically directed at the local-first https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/ community, but its relevant to anyone involved in building software. For the last ~year I’ve been keeping a close eye on how language models capabilities meaningfully change the speed, ease, and accessibility of software development. The slightly bold theory I put forward in this talk is that we’re on a verge of a golden age of local, home-cooked software and a new kind of developer – what I’ve called

Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers

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