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0 pointsemporas3mo ago0 comments

> What developers want and what the average consumer wants/needs are two different things.

This description of average consumer is so 2021. Nowadays the average consumer can vibe code stuff and share it with his friends. So he needs a package manager not only an app store.

I personally don't hold vibe coding in any high regard, I hate not knowing and controlling what code is running on my computer/device, but I can see the value for amateurs in just playing around and occasionally destroying the OS, installing it again and so on.

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behnamoh3mo ago· 1 in thread

> Nowadays the average consumer can vibe code stuff and share it with his friends. So he needs a package manager not only an app store.

This is also developer fantasy for two reasons:

(1) Most vibed apps suck in unpredictable ways.

(2) Most avg consumers don't even know what Claude is, let alone Claude Code, let alone being good enough at vibing to produce anything of value.

emporasOP3mo ago

>Most avg consumers don't even know what Claude is[..]

Vibe coding is very early and pretty expensive, but computers and the internet are always in an exponential curve, a curve much steeper than the rest of the economy. Give it 3 years, and you will be amazed.

Not everyone will be vibe coding. In every social circle of 10 people, 1 person will be good at that, and will develop programs for his/her friends.

>Most vibed apps suck in unpredictable ways.

Yes of course, it would be infinitely preferable for normal people to learn proper computer science, algorithms etc. We agree on that.

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