Vibecoded apps are still pretty bad, but they generally have a better hunch of solving a real user problem than a manually-coded app. View quoted note →

Most people will spend their life eating this bland supermarket chicken, not realizing that there are 20+ breeds of chicken available in the market, each with its own unique flavor and texture. All eggs taste the same though.

I am curious. Which apps have you paid to use?

lol

Visual Basic was the AI slop of the 90s.

AI is about software abundance. And abundance shifts focus from basic needs to managing excess. There is such a thing as too much software.

This is why we build protocols, not platforms. SimpleXChat wanted a platform the company can control since day 0. The more they developed, the clearer it got that the game wasn't privacy, but control. They were all the rage when we were developing NIP-17. Many, many people told us to just use their system instead of building our protocol. It looks silly now, but I am glad we didn't follow their way doing business. View quoted note →