AI makes throwaway software viable: "useful today" is a real demand
sujingshen · x · 2026-10-09
Quoting Boris Cherny's demo of a Claude-built mobile game made just to play on a flight, the author argues not every tool needs to be a long-term product. With AI collapsing build costs, "useful today" is itself a demand—scoring app for one gathering, a game for one trip. The bar shifts from "is this a startup?" to "did it serve this one occasion," before worrying about MAU and retention.
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