Dev's Advice: Build While AI Mods Still Earn Your Dopamine, Before It All Gets Too Easy
EddyVGG · x · 2026-10-02
A developer pushes back on excuses: most of today's viral AI mods won't be impressive in a few months. Build while the likes still mean something and the dopamine is still earned, before it becomes trivially easy — his punchline: build your eye-tracking Mario-plays-Elden-Ring mod before you can do it while bleeding out on snowy steps.
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