Post #1187841

2026-04-13 17:13 UTC

one of the many horrifying things of the onset of vibecoding is the degree to which it empowers the guys out there who think they have a totally great app idea, and just need someone to make it. you know, the ones every single person who touches computers in any capacity has met? the ones with an idea that no doubt either already exists, or would be utterly impossible to do correctly, or has horrifying ethical issues, or just straight up is a bad idea? yeah. those guys? those guys adore being able to tell a machine to go make it, with no concern for all the problems.

Replies (7)

@pikhq@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-13 17:16

oh this is what they fucking mean by "democratizing" isn't it. it opens up things that require skill, or talent, or work, to the failsons of the world. who of course continue to be failsons about it but that's neither here nor there.

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@angelthorns@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-13 17:16

@pikhq Was talking about shit like this in my language course, we have a new "electronic" screen whiteboard, and it's stupid. "Innovation" for no point the whiteboard already functioned. They just went wow electronic without thinking

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@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw 2026-04-13 18:18

@pikhq the age of skip apps has begun 😬

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@RandomDamage@infosec.exchange 2026-04-13 18:47

@pikhq and it works so well that we're absolutely being flooded with those apps... ... Wait, we're not? ... And they still believe that it works like that? Failsons, indeed

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@Sea1Am@mastodon.social 2026-04-13 20:19

@pikhq Omg, stop attacking me personally. I just wanted an offline Pokémon Go that counted steps without harvesting your data. I'M SORRY, OKAY!? I'll drop it and never bother my wife again...

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@ghostprince@social.servitor.love 2026-04-13 21:26

@pikhq the funny thing is 9 times out of 10 that shit still doesn't work and they're left with an app that barely works that they don't know how to fix

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@Wintergr33n@lingo.lol 2026-04-14 02:06

@pikhq This is playing out repeatedly all over Reddit. I 'built' an app that does ______. What they have most often built is a ChatGPT prompter that tells it to do something. I just can't imagine being that desperate for credit. It goes beyond plagiarism into some new domain of delusional competence.

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