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Hacker News user questions whether AI-generated software has produced any genuinely useful mainstream applications despite massive recent code production.
Hacker News · April 18, 2026
AI Summary
- •Questioner reports not finding any AI/LLM-written software worth using in daily work, despite not actively avoiding it
- •Seeking substantial applications like operating systems, IDEs, DAWs, databases, word processors, and game engines rather than minor utility rewrites
- •Notes that more code has likely been produced by AI in the last 2 years than in the prior 2 decades, suggesting many programs may be overlooked
- •Bonus interest in AI software that enables novel capabilities not previously possible with computers
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