Discussion
I know it can be pretty disheartening as a developer who spent years perfecting the craft and building a fediverse platform, only to see new vibe coded platforms emerge.
But just remember that people can tell, and that vibe coders typically do not possess the knowledge or skills to scale their platform to hundreds, thousands or millions of users without writing a prompt to "fix bugs".
Our human made platforms will continue to thrive, increasingly so, as people discover this.
@dansup I think there's a place for both. TBH. But having some knowledge of the code that you're "Vibe-coding" is helpful to say the least.
@phillycodehound Yeah that is true, I think its pretty cool that vibe coders are building stuff, but they need to temper expectations and make it clear.
@dansup Yea. But to be honest if your app was out when I started Fedideck. I would never have spent hundreds of bucks building this thing.
But I felt a need for this an so I coded it with help of AI.
@phillycodehound Yeah I understand and I think your app is pretty cool, it wasn't what I meant though.
I mean platforms like harmony that promise a lot but clearly have bugs (like adopting megaolm)
@dansup got it. It’s not you it’s the whole vibe, pun not intended lol.
@phillycodehound @dansup question, I found this app looking for a smaller social media, I’ve been seeing a lot about fediverse in here, curious what that is and the difference between this and fediverse
@dansup
I was optimistic in a similar way until this year but now I've seen far too many people not care. People I was previously SURE would care, people who have built software with their own unique perspective now giving up their voice without realizing it. The amount of capitulation from users, developers and previously respected organizations is heart breaking.
I appreciate the work you do and I hope you are right.