In the mid-90s, as a toy inventor, I spent a month building a prototype similar to Tamagotchis using Macromedia Director (precursor to Flash) and Lingo for logic. It wasn’t even highly functional… more of a prototype. Maybe 20 people saw it?
That same prototype can now be built into a functioning app in less than an hour. I tend to see this opening up all kinds of new ways to collaborate and spark creativity among creators.
Like @EricZ’s tool, this probably wouldn’t have been worth weeks of effort a few years ago. Now it’s a real talking point and a collaboration artifact that supports handoff. Maybe it’s a throwaway app. Maybe it’s the start of a more advanced workflow. In the short term, that distinction doesn’t matter. What matters is the outcome it helps create.
The future is bright!