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Great app to hopefully let more people realize that it's not all just huge LLMs that have to run somewhere else!", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What Is the State of App Development in 2026?"}, {"id": 750258128, "item_id": 46891133, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46891133", "by": "manishsharan", "date": "2026-02-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I used to be a big advocate for Salesforce in my organization. And it was really great", "excerpt": "I used to be a big advocate for Salesforce in my organization. And it was really great .. allowing us to deliver new functionality without the usual IT procurement bureaucracy. 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