The Future is Malleable

Abstract

This presentation will explore how AI is making code writing and development more accessible and highlight the trend of malleable applications. We’ll see how users are becoming architects of their own apps, reshaping them to suit their needs. We will examine tools such as Notion or Arc to understand the possibilities of user-developable applications. This will prompt a conversation about how this shift in paradigm gives end-users the ability to shape their software experiences.

Links

• UIST 2019 Visions - Michel Beaudouin-Lafon: A World Without Apps
• The future of software, the end of apps, and why UX designers should care about type theory
• A Future of Programming
• End-user Programming
• Paradigm shifts for the decentralized Web
• Webstrates
• Potluck
• A Malleable Web
• Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software
• Everyday magic
• Malleable Systems Collective
• Malleable software in the age of LLMs
• End-user software engineering
• Designing and Programming Malleable Software
• The “space” of computing
• An app can be a home-cooked meal
• User-tailorable systems: pressing the issues with buttons
• gptql — gpt-based GraphQL client
• Graphiql gpt plugin