I use GPT, Claude, and Discord extensively for work.
My company handles bookkeeping and invoicing through online services. My banking is also done via a web app.<p>My main editor has Vim-like semantics, and I heavily rely on keyboard-driven workflows.<p>I understand that the web has eaten most business software because of its superior distribution model.<p>However, I’m curious to know what the broader tech community thinks about this situation.<p>Are there better models possible? Is anyone working on solutions that combine the reach of the web with the speed, efficiency, and local-first nature of traditional desktop software?
If you're a savvy old hand, and the job has quite a few repetitive elements, then keyboard- / macro- / script-driven workflows are the obvious way to get far more stuff done. Generally with much lower error rates.<p>But other that occasional API access (or hacking), I'm not aware of any push toward other models. Web sites & GUI apps are too damn good at both dog & pony shows for managers, and onboarding noobs. );
Isn't that what the package managers are for?<p>Back in the day, Microsoft tried this with ClickOnce. Nobody cared. They still have an app store today. Still nobody cares.