Here's the next billion dollar LLM startup idea

Chapters

00:00 The Rise of LLMs in Coding
03:12 Transforming Development with LLMs
06:01 Future of Software Development

Takeaways

1. LLMs are unlocking new opportunities in coding.
2. The coding bar has dropped significantly, making it accessible to more people.
3. There are numerous startup ideas emerging from the use of LLMs.
4. The definition of a good engineer is evolving with technology.
5. Gen Alpha will change the expectations of developers.
6. Current LLMs are not yet capable of writing production code.
7. The future will see a richer software environment due to increased builders.
8 .Development processes will become easier with LLMs in the long term.
9. The current trend in app development is focused on prototyping.
10. Startups will need to refine code structures for production environments.

Sound Bites

"We have a host of startup opportunities on the horizon."
"LLMs are going to make a lot of that easier."
"Gen Alpha will redefine what being a developer means."

Summary

The conversation explores the transformative impact of Large Language Models (LLMs) on coding and software development. Nate discusses how LLMs are making coding more accessible, leading to a surge in interest and opportunities for startups. He emphasizes the need for new approaches to production code as the landscape of development evolves, particularly with the upcoming generation of builders who will redefine the profession.

Keywords

LLMs, coding, software development, startups, engineering, production code, technology breakthroughs, Gen Alpha, app development

[jonathanmillen]

I have built several tools with claude for research and classroom use. I know zero code. These tools I make are all small scale jobs that make this so much easier. While some of my tools have a potentially long lifespan, some are what I like to think of as disposable. I use them or my class uses them once and we're done with them. They were so easy to make but useful, they are like the paper plates of code - functional and disposable. Won't be long before there is no back and fort with claude, it will just do it right the first time.

[abiawomosu]

I’m actually very excited about this. It means there will be more diversity of thought, backgrounds and disciplines building and solving problems

[tomasb]

no-code didn't work with UI it won't with LLMs.
the MVP zero-shot app is just a test for LLM influencers, that's not how devs are using it.

the most impactful thing for real devs are:
- in-editor snippet refactor / creation
- writing PR descriptions / docs
- explaining architecture from a codebase you didn't work on (this is massive)

things like Cognition Devin have better DX but the models are still not great, integrations with lang servers are next, like sourcegraph.

things will not get easier with LLMs, they will get faster, but more complex and powerful.

[dollarscholar]

What it means to me, as a tech manager, is that my hiring pool of software developers has expanded to philosophy majors, English majors, poly-sci majors -- in short, smart folks who know how to wrangle complex ideas and arguments and express those arguments clearly

[hectorurdiales]

3:22 isn't it funny how scrum made the default time to fix stuff equals to two weeks exactly?

[brianbbrady]

I am a new sub. I love your content. I have witnessed and judged plenty of game jams, code contests, rapid prototyping and such. There is a interesting thing that happens to young developers when they discover an idea that rapidly comes together. They believe that the imagined is possible. I have to believe that the ability to type an idea into a text box and a computer takes that and rapidly converts it to code and shows the results in a matter of seconds is an opportunity. We don't have Star Trek food replicators, but we are close to having business replicators. Thank you for publishing your content. It starts in the garages and labs but eventually we see creatives start to remix pieces to give us something new. This is the birth of hiphop.

[alexkf_]

I feel like in the short term debugging/problem-solving still an issue for more complex apps/products, especially at scale.... but you're right, if a company can solve that then it's going to be very powerful.

[alfrede.newman]

Yup, nailed it. That you already see the emergence of the new "AI Engineer v.next" is maybe scary for some but also exciting. IMHO the emphasis on past challenges to IT coding & build, with little 'some' background on the use-case domain expertise, is shifting emphasis more to a deeper domain expertise for a richer end user experience.

[stevenewbank]

History repeats. Engineering has not fundamentally changed, the process has. Now, very specialized companies manufacture modules which others bolt together (after adding their magic) to make a machine. Ai and work opportunities will follow the same path in the future.

[derekandriesian]

Technical debt needs to be calculated against the cost of replacement which is going to zero

[hagaibi]

Thanks for all your helpful videos. My question is what's the best AI tool/model for developing workflow? Specifically Power Automate

[wryltxw]

isn't this an idea that everybody already knows