> less trade for DevWorker's previous outputs, and he may have to switch to different kinds of outputs than before.

Perhaps this is why my gig work went from 50/50 coding and consultancy to something closer to 5/95.

Indeed, that is a likely scenario!

More bespoke tooling to help both Handyworker and DevWorker produce whatever their final outputs are; but perhaps less trade for DevWorker's previous outputs, and he may have to switch to different kinds of outputs than before.

SimpleStacker

In a sense, the LLM actually shrinks the set of acceptable trades, because HandyWorker is now more picky.

This was also something observed in an article posted this morning (

) that argues (to my delight like I did before) that automated tooling is bespoke again. I don't have to download, compile (or buy a license), try and fit (and debug) some open source tool to do whatever I was needing done, I just ask Claude and if it gets done then I throw it out and move on to the next thing on my todo.

Personal efficiency grows, trade shrinks?

econ

Pleb Economist #9: Comparative Advantage, AI, and You

> In a sense, the LLM actually shrinks the set of acceptable trades, because HandyWorker is now more picky.

This was also something observed in an article posted this morning (https://stacker.news/items/1415014/r/optimism) that argues (to my delight like I did before) that automated tooling is bespoke again. I don't have to download, compile (or buy a license), try and fit (and debug) some open source tool to do whatever I was needing done, I just ask Claude and if it gets done then I throw it out and move on to the next thing on my todo.

Personal efficiency grows, trade shrinks?