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Comment by TechDebtDevin

3 days ago

Still odd to me that the only vibe coded software that gets aquired are by companies selling tools or want to promote vibe coding.

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Uehreka  3 days ago

Pardon my caps, but WHO CARES about acquisitions?!

You’ve been given a dubiously capable genie that can write code without you having to do it! If this thing can build first drafts of those side projects you always think about and never get around to, that in and of itself is useful! If it can do the yak-shaving required to set up those e2e tests you know you should have but never have time for it is useful!

Have it try out all the dumb ideas you have that might be cool but don’t feel worth your time to boilerplate out!

I like to think we’re a bunch of creative people here! Stop thinking about how it can make you money and use it for fun!

  • TechDebtDevin  2 days ago

    I have great code gen tools I've built for myself that build my perfect scaffolding/boilerplate every time, for any project in about 30 seconds.

    Took me a week to build those tools. Its much more reliable (and flexible) than any LLM and cost me nothing.

    It comes with secure Auth, email, admin, ect ect.. Doesn't cost me a dime and almost never has a common vulnerability.

    Best part about it. I know how my side project runs.

  • fwip  3 days ago

    Unfortunately, HN is YC-backed, and attracts these types by design.

    • Uehreka  3 days ago

      I mean sure, but HN/YC’s founder was always going on about the kinship between “Hackers and Painters” (or at least he used to). It hasn’t always been like this, and definitely doesn’t have to be. We can and should aspire to better.