AI-Generated App Is a Ticking Time Bomb
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AI-Generated App Is a Ticking Time Bomb
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#2I would have agreed a few weeks ago. But I can't anymore, the limitation I see is scope size and not capability. And available context sizes will just get bigger
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#3There are several steps missing from:
A startup founder uses AI to create an MVP
to
They secure funding based on the demo
to
They find themselves unable to move beyond that initial prototype
I have trouble believing tech investors throwing money towards a founder that shows a vibe coded product without anything else. The product might be vibe coded, BUT the founder show some traction or discovered a new market or something besides a demo. It does not really matter how a founder did the MVP, they did not create google. They just showed, through the MVP, something to investors. What happens next, after money, i doubt it's vibe coded.
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#4It’s the hype cycle. Are LLMs going to become invaluable to software engineering? Definitely. Are they going to do everything everyone on X says they will? Probably not. Right now we’re in the peak of inflated expectations.
Anecdotally I’ve been using Claude to help me write a C# CLI tool from scratch. The more lines I let it write, the less and less I understand the code. Can I copy/paste it and it works? Probably 90% of the time. When I have to go and fix it, it is a huge burden.
When I prompt it to do one singular function, it’s amazing. That’s a clear and concise unit to understand.
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#5There are several steps missing from: A startup founder uses AI to create an MVP to They secure funding based on the demo to They find themselves unable to move beyond that initial prototype I have trouble believing tech investors throwing money towards a founder that shows a vibe coded product without anything else. The product might be vibe coded, BUT the founder show some traction or discovered a new market or som…
I agree with your point about the funding process being oversimplified. However, I've seen many founders become emotionally attached to their MVP, convinced it's good enough to scale without fundamental rethinking.
They push forward with what's essentially a throwaway prototype instead of rebuilding it properly with lessons learned from initial user feedback. And some people are just cheap by nature. Last point is a huge one, even when funding is good enough. Does not make sense to make, I've seen it.
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#6There are several steps missing from: A startup founder uses AI to create an MVP to They secure funding based on the demo to They find themselves unable to move beyond that initial prototype I have trouble believing tech investors throwing money towards a founder that shows a vibe coded product without anything else. The product might be vibe coded, BUT the founder show some traction or discovered a new market or som…
I agree with your point about the funding process being oversimplified. However, I've seen many founders become emotionally attached to their MVP, convinced it's good enough to scale without fundamental rethinking. They push forward with what's essentially a throwaway prototype instead of rebuilding it properly with lessons learned from initial user feedback. And some people are just cheap by nature. Last point is a…
>However, I've seen many founders become emotionally attached to their MVP, convinced it's good enough to scale without fundamental rethinking.
i have no doubt, but this has nothing to do with the MVP being vibe coded or not - this has something to do with the (technical)experience of the founder + other personality traits
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#7I would have agreed a few weeks ago. But I can't anymore, the limitation I see is scope size and not capability. And available context sizes will just get bigger
Well, until Claude Code ends the game(maybe in a few months), yeah. Today we're not there yet, even with full codebase knowledge. At least from my experience and how I want it to be done. For some, the damage has already been done. Wait & see !
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#8There are several steps missing from: A startup founder uses AI to create an MVP to They secure funding based on the demo to They find themselves unable to move beyond that initial prototype I have trouble believing tech investors throwing money towards a founder that shows a vibe coded product without anything else. The product might be vibe coded, BUT the founder show some traction or discovered a new market or som…
I see pre seed round going to millions before there is an app. And I've been called as last resort to help people fix their app in the weekend because national TV was coming next Monday.
I can 100% see AI worsen and accelerate that kind of things.
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#9It’s the hype cycle. Are LLMs going to become invaluable to software engineering? Definitely. Are they going to do everything everyone on X says they will? Probably not. Right now we’re in the peak of inflated expectations. Anecdotally I’ve been using Claude to help me write a C# CLI tool from scratch. The more lines I let it write, the less and less I understand the code. Can I copy/paste it and it works? Probably 9…
This matches my experience. There's a place for LLMs in exploratory research. There's a place for LLMs in scaffolding code that would otherwise be too tedious to write.
But where real decisions need to be made by those with "skin in the game", LLMs are a disaster. Vibe coding quickly falls off a cliff. They create code architectures that no human would given the context, and as a result no human can feasibly understand or maintain them long term.
I would say this is boon to real software developers - tons of apps that need an expert to maintain, it's job security, right? Well, no. I suspect, rather than maintain these LLM-generated monstrosities, most organizations will just let them rot. That was the default in the golden age of zero-interest engineering, that's the default in the golden age of vibe coding too.
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#10There are several steps missing from: A startup founder uses AI to create an MVP to They secure funding based on the demo to They find themselves unable to move beyond that initial prototype I have trouble believing tech investors throwing money towards a founder that shows a vibe coded product without anything else. The product might be vibe coded, BUT the founder show some traction or discovered a new market or som…
I see pre seed round going to millions before there is an app. And I've been called as last resort to help people fix their app in the weekend because national TV was coming next Monday. I can 100% see AI worsen and accelerate that kind of things.
Exactly my point, this has nothing to do with how the MVP was made. Dubious investment rounds exist with or without vibe coding anyway.