Comment by voidhorse
17 hours ago
But can't you see how coming out with a strong statement like "i've been doing this, it works" before your app even has a single user and before you've had to contend with any externally filed bug reports and keep the app stable as you fix those and add new features isn't very reasonable?
If anything there are clear counter example to your claim, such as the major provider agent harnesses which are all almost always fully vibe coded, and riddled with bugs and regressions that make using them painful for users. The only reason people put up with it is because competition in the space is still limited.
Don't you think I've fixed bugs and kept the app stable during the 300 hours I have been working on it?
That's why I can say with full confidence that it works.
I doubt it will magically all fall apart the moment an external user touches it, or that I will expand the scope dramatically in the near future.
The agent harnesses are an interesting topic. I believe they have large teams shipping a ton of changes weekly. In that environment, is it realistic to expect rock solid software with such a feature set to be developed in a few months and shipped to 10M users?
> The agent harnesses are an interesting topic. I believe they have large teams shipping a ton of changes weekly. In that environment, is it realistic to expect rock solid software with such a feature set to be developed in a few months and shipped to 10M users?
Yes, the whole argument is that LLMs make shipping quality software at scale in months possible. You're arguing out of two sides of your mouth now. On the one hand, agents have enabled you to build a bullet-proof high quality app in a few months as a solo dev. On the other hand it's supposedly unreasonable to expect a team of engineers with lots of funding and lots of expertise to use those same LLMs to build high quality software in a few months.
The main difference is you are still working in a vacuum and the harness teams have actually shipped to users. Once you do that, you face significantly more challenges than you do tinkering in isolation. Don't claim a methodology works until you've actually proven so. "My personal closed source pet project that no one but me has ever seen works" is not convincing evidence. My pet dragon who is definitely real but that I can't show anyone else agrees.