If the infamous south Delhi girls from iDiva ever need to create an app, they would (like they normally do), invoke the services of Coco Bhaiya, who in turn can logon to engineer.ai , swipe a credit card and the app will be created in a few weeks, even days.
Gone are the days when you needed to know about coding languages, testing frameworks and hosting services before you can even dream of creating an app. With the popularity and adoption of cloud-based services and mobile technologies, you can now have a virtual end-to-end product development team at your disposal.
San Francisco-based Indian cofounders Sachin Dev Duggal and Saurabh Dhoot of engineer.ai, have created a product called 'Builder', which gives to software development, a user experience akin to choosing toppings on your pizza. Begin with an idea, then create a virtual shopping card and then Builder takes over. It harnesses its AI engine to identify the best combo of languages, platforms and personnel to create timelines and deliverables for your app. If you need your app to be developed faster, you can pay extra. In the back-end, Builder has a database of engineers spread across the world, mostly benched IT professionals who extend their services while keeping themselves gainfully occupied.
It's a win-win for everyone. The engineers get projects. The company gets low-cost engineers and you get a low-cost app. Seems like a new way forward for software development.
—IndiaTechOnline
