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Like a lot of folks, I&#x27;m trying to understand the AI reality vs. the hype cycle. I have my own experiences both using it and seeing it rolled out with a “do more AI” mandate at a huge tech company. Even looking here at discussions we have the full spectrum from engineers who say they don’t code anymore, they just manage agents, to engineers who say they find it basically useless because of how stupid it is. I’ve been looking for clues (I wanted to use the word “signals&quot; there but I can’t because I don’t want you all to think Claude wrote this) in the market that we can all see, so we don’t have to accept “trust me bro, AI solved coding”.<p>Here’s my question:<p>Where is all of the AI coded software?<p>If coding is a nearly solved problem, if AI is making it so easy to make anything, why aren&#x27;t we seeing the market flood with cheap alternatives to software that we all use daily and hate?<p>Microsoft office, anything from Adobe, Jira<p>Make your own list. Every designer I’ve ever met hates Adobe and their subscription model. My company spends a hojillion dollars a year on office365 and everyone hates it. Why aren’t we seeing alternatives popping up?<p>Should we be expecting this as a part of the whole “democratization” promise of AI?<p>As an addendum: I picked office and adobe just because they are two things we always whine about in tech, I realize they are platforms&#x2F;ecosystems now, maybe it would be better to say Word and Photoshop, etc. but substitute in any commercial software you want. If AI coding can take over the internet application space can’t it also take over the software application space?

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