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Non-engineers at his robotics company ship real internal apps through an AI skill

Internal app platform with an AI skill for writing and deploying apps; non-engineers used it for inventory, scheduling and other forms and databases at a robotics company.

How it works

  1. An internal app platform carries an AI skill for writing and deploying apps
  2. Non-engineers use it for inventory, scheduling and other forms and databases at the robotics company

Why it’s worth knowing

The app backlog died because the requesters became the builders.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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