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qwertyastronauton Bitchat is now on Radicle

I can’t wait until Goblin is acquired by Nematode. Then finally they might make Gorbachev open source.

qwertyastronauton Show HN: A self-running space economy SIM in Rust and Bevy

What is it about the space industry life that makes us developers adore it so much? :p

X4 Foundations just got a big update if you’re looking for a game built around this industry sandbox idea.

qwertyastronauton Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?

This is my anon account so I prefer not to leave any identifying details. Niche solo-dev SaaS that makes $50k a month.

qwertyastronauton Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?

Shipping features, not entire products.

qwertyastronauton Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?

I don’t know if it’s 90%, but I’m shipping in 2 days things that took 2-4 weeks before.

Opus 4.5 in particular has been a profound shift. I’m not sure how software dev as a career survives this. I have nearly 0 reason to hire a developer for my company because I just write a spec and Claude does it in one shot.

It’s honestly scary, and I hope my company doesn’t fail because as a developer I’m fucked. But… statistically my business will fail.

I think in a few years there will only be a handful of software companies—the ones who already have control of distribution. Products can be cloned in a few weeks now; not long until it’s a few minutes. I used to see a new competitor once every six months. Now I see a new competitor every few hours.