Comment by lelanthran

> But at the same time, he was able to prove out a viable business in a matter of a few months with no engineering background and no technical capability.

Is that your takeaway? My takeaway is that he was able to prove that paying nothing for s/ware development is a viable strategy to outcompete businesses who pay for s/ware development.

I mean, by that measure, I can "prove" a viable market for ride-sharing that charges 50% of what Uber, et al charges. All I have to do is have the drivers drive for free.

> Now he's hiring a developer to shore it up.

I would bet good money that that is going to go badly too, unless his instructions to the developer is "Do whatever is necessary, including rewriting from scratch if that is necessary", and the reason I say this is because the vibe-coded apps I looked at were all very hard to follow.