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aurareturn | on: Apple has new Mac app coming to make running local AI models easy
You'd be surprised at what people can do. My chief revenue officer never knew what SQL is but once he had access to Claude, he built some amazing dashboards that he always wanted.

LLMs are getting exceptionally good at interpreting vague asks.

Do I trust a non-developer to build a production software system? No.

Do I think they can control Excel spreadsheets, PPTs, and other productivity tools through MCP? Absolutely.

thepryz | parent
The question that needs to be asked is when everyone can create their own dashboard, are they all looking at the same information and in the same way so that they can be aligned?

One of the biggest issues I've seen in this kind of environment is that there are 50 dashboards, created by different people, and the data presented on them hasn't been validated to ensure that the data is correct and pulling from the same location. It's not clear that the data can be trusted and it's not clear what the authoritative source of truth is.

aurareturn | root | parent
I don't think most people are that naive.

IE. They know what they're looking for. They know when the data is right or wrong because they've seen it from other places here and there over time.

When they're not sure and the risk of getting it wrong is costly, they'll find the data analyst to verify.