Introduce 'very useful and helpful' thing at low cost, subscription pricing model.
Wait for dependency to set in.
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Jack up prices. (Profit)
....Duh?
Did anyone not see this coming?
This is literally the most basic tech/corpo business strategy.
Have none of you vibe coders ever studied the history of the business of software developmemt?
Did you think primarily B2B services were... immune to enshittification?
I only know two vibe coders, but can confirm that they don't know the history of the business of software development.
This is the enshittifcation in rapid form. Thankfully there are alternatives, and cheaper models are becoming more powerful.
Or you could actually learn how to code instead of finding a new umbillical cord to attach yourself to?
Bare minimum, run one locally, so you actually control it?
Yea just learn to code, anyone can do it.
Exactly, that's the spirit!
Or, hire someone who can, if you can't.
I believe the current meta in the software dev resume titles is 'expert vibe code repair/cleanup' or something like that.
I worked for MSFT and other companies, for years, doing data analysis and a lot of programming... and I am a self taught programmer, my degrees are more related to data analytics, I literally did just teach myself how to code.
If the actual problem is that HR has no fucking clue how to determine how to hire someone who actually knows how to code, can learn other languages on the job... or maybe execs... don't wanna pay for that...
Then that is the actual problem.
Can you read? If you answered yes then you can code. Maybe you can’t code well but anyone can code.
Yikes. I miss when Replit wasn't prioritizing shoving AI features to customers.
For real - before all this vibe coding nonsense it was actually a really good web IDE. I used to use it regularly back when my school forced me to use a Chromebook and it was great.
Came back to it the other day and they had locked all my projects behind a paywall and the entire IDE had been replaced by a chatbot. I couldn't delete my account fast enough.
Same. Started using it two years ago when it was recommended by a programming professor and my only device was a shitty craptop that could barely start VScode. Was all I wanted from a simple IDE, and on top of that managed libraries and build tools automatically so all I had to do was code.
Used it again a couple of months ago when I needed to use an IDE but the class PCs didn't have one installed yet. All I have available is my generic Java playground I made, rest of my projects locked...
I didn't mind the AI auto complete or the chat section, but I could tell already it was shitting the bed. Such a shame.
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