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by lacedeconstruct7 hours ago |
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upvoteby Gareth32147 minutes ago|
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In the next few years it's going to be quicker to tell an AI to make something than it will take to hunt down software which fits all your uses perfectly. If you're honest, all software is imperfect for you. It's not customised exactly how you like it. Imagine if it could be exactly what you want with zero effort.
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upvoteby jsdalton6 hours ago|
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The metaphor that’s popped into my head recently is baking bread.

You can learn to bake good bread. It’s not _that_ hard. And it’ll probably taste better than store bought bread.

But it almost certainly won’t be cheaper. And it’ll take a more more time and effort.

Still, sometimes you might bake your own bread for kicks. But most of the time, you’ll just buy the bread someone else has already perfected.

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upvoteby nly6 hours ago|
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Baking bread also takes hours of waiting.

I can have fresh bread anytime I want from a handful of nearby stores.

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upvoteby kami236 hours ago|
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And some people do, both things can be true. I'd rather make a tool just for me that breaks when I introduce a new requirement and I just add into it and keep going.
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upvoteby kjksf6 hours ago|
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The statement wasn't: "no one ever vibe codes an alternative to product X"

It was: "With sufficiently advanced vibe coding the need for certain type of product just vanishes."

If a product has 100 thousand users and 1% of them vibe codes an alternative for themselves, the product / business doesn't vanish. They still have 99 thousand of users.

That was the rebuttal, even if not presented as persuasively and intelligently as I just did.

So no, it's not the case of "both things being true". It's a case of: he was wrong.

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upvoteby GorbachevyChase3 hours ago|
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At some point there will be market consequences for that kind of behavior. So where market dynamics are not dominated by bullshit (politics, friendships forged on Little St James, state intervention, cartel behavior, etc.) if my company provides the same service as another, but I replaced all of the low quality software as a service products my competitor uses with low quality vibe coded products, my overhead cost will be lower and that will give me an advantage.
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upvoteby hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm7 hours ago|
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If we could return to one-off payments without dark patterns I would agree. Hopefully at least the software that rely on grift will start to vanish.
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