I was just discussing this with my girl last night. This is technically irrelevant to the overall context but in this specific comment thread, it's hard to figure out how to make content for the general population. I feel a lack of confidence because I surround myself with people who are smarter and better at things than me a lot of the time. So when I want to make them interested in something it's got to be super complex.
At the same time I see people watching a tutorial telling them how to put their OpenAI API key into a mass-adopted bot platform and getting "It's really cool you can do these kinds of things!" which is what started the conversation. Like it's cool they're trying, no shade to them but my baseline of what most people will think is interesting is so distorted.
> I feel a lack of confidence because I surround myself with people who are smarter and better at things than me a lot of the time.
It's not feasible in a number of organizations, but things like this are why it's important for developers to interact with the users of the software that they create. You learn so much more about what works and doesn't work for the users. You learn their vocabulary and assumptions about using apps which is often quite different from "power users" like we tend to be.
At the same time I see people watching a tutorial telling them how to put their OpenAI API key into a mass-adopted bot platform and getting "It's really cool you can do these kinds of things!" which is what started the conversation. Like it's cool they're trying, no shade to them but my baseline of what most people will think is interesting is so distorted.