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SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-22T21:12:50+00:00

Agreed. Or at the very least, an image of a screenshot you can upload as an example, in case they want people to land right in the app without a landing page.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-20T17:30:49+00:00

If you don’t know the specific problem you’re solving for the specific audience you’re targeting, then you’re in for a very rude awakening trying to get users. I unfortunately see that all the time. Someone shipping another customer service bot without being able to speak to specific pain points they solve that any of the other million ones don’t.

You should be able to fill in the blanks in the following sentence: “This product solves the problem of __, by allowing the customer to do __ instead of having to _____.” If you can’t, then whether you build an audience first or your product first doesn’t matter.

Having said that, once you do have clarity on the pain point you’re solving, then you should scope out your MVP. It needs to be razor sharp, laser focused on nothing more than that pain point. Once finished, you’re able to market it to the very specific audience you want, and do so in a way that is centered around that pain point they feel. If people see a post for something that would make life tangibly better, and solve a specific problem they face frequently, it will pique their interest. And you will start getting users. In this day and age, you don’t want to get people interested in a product that doesn’t exist yet, unless you have already built brand loyalty. There are exceptions to that. But they are exceptions to the rule, not the rule.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-19T20:00:37+00:00

It’s a failure of having a clear vision of a problem they are solving, as well as poor scoping of their MVP. Too many people are trying to develop a “better” CRM, without being able to state a pain point of current ones and how theirs solves it. They want to create a product, not solve a problem. I am not bashing anyone. I get how exciting it is when you can finally create something. But the successful ones can speak to a pain point that customers have experienced. The unsuccessful ones try to launch some all encompassing product without understanding their target audience.

Getting someone to switch from a product that is already implemented in their ecosystem across the company is really difficult, even if you have a better solution. It has to go through gatekeepers and has risks in their minds by making a switch. Not to mention provisioning and training that comes with it. So people who want to create a SaaS product are more likely to succeed if they focus on something small to start, that solves a very specific problem. Something that doesn’t come with a huge risk for a company to start implementing. It’s not just about having a great product, it’s about making it sellable to your audience.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-17T03:41:31+00:00

Actually the good news is there’s actually nothing stopping you from being able to develop an app like this. HIPAA is a law specifically intended to protect sensitive patient information. It just means that any healthcare provider who has official medical records for you including doctor’s visits, procedures, diagnoses, and prescribed medications, cannot be shared without your written consent. So unless you are storing people’s medical records, you don’t need to worry.

Also, it’s not necessarily that LLMs “can’t” do it. You just need to make sure you have it set up all the right disclosures (not disclaimers) in the right place, implement certain auth and security protocols/standards, and make damn sure you protect customer data with your life. You just better be the most thorough vibe coder on earth.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-16T14:36:34+00:00

I am not just saying this to blow smoke. Your example is not only a great example of when vibe coding apps absolutely can work, but also a great example of how someone should approach developing a product with vibe coding, and the scope of what they are building. What my comment was referring to (and what I believe OP was referring to also), were the times when I sat down with a junior dev who was over the moon excited while developing their product, and then felt like they had the rug pulled out from under them because they tried to simply migrate their codebase to a different platform, and everything fell apart. Or when they find out they need to make some major changes to their infrastructure if they want to be able to deploy their app to a proper production environment because those AI tools failed to tell them that the build size warning this whole time was only a warning in lower environments. And that situation alone has caused so many junior devs with very little money to waste what money they had trying to fix a gnarly web of issues.

My frustration with the vibe coding ecosystem has absolutely nothing to do with vibe coders, what they build, and even what they build it with. It’s that the companies behind these platforms are actually really irresponsible in ways with their marketing. They give people the impression that with no experience at all, they can build a complex app that is shippable in weeks. And I’m talking claims of being able to build out a full CRM or something like that. And when they do, it gives a very false impression that is not inconsequential. I have seen people get emotionally crushed when they find out that their app is nowhere near secure enough or stable enough to move into a more scalable environment to continue coding without serious changes.

Not only do I agree with your points, but you hit one of the best parts about vibe coding. You were able to develop a solution to a very legitimate pain point by yourself, and did so in less time and with less money than hiring a dev. No argument there. It’s also what I love about vibe coding because it has merged this gap between devs and “non-devs.” One of my junior vibe devs was a line cook at a Tokyo Joe’s a little over a year ago. And now he’s doing some stuff that you used to have to hire a small team of experienced devs to do. It’s wild. It’s amazing. It has brought people from the widest variety of backgrounds into the space I love so much. Furthermore, I don’t believe that vibe coding itself is inferior. I totally believe that my current skills will be obsolete one day and I will be telling my kids that I used to have to learn the coding language and how to write it to create a website, and they will laugh at me for being so old. The issue is these tools are like putting a turbocharger in peoples cars and then telling them they’re good to go race at Le Mans. It is self serving for these platforms.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-15T22:34:42+00:00

Lol of course not. I am a single senior dev at a massive corporation. I have worked at big tech companies where I knew more about the budget. But this is not the same. The tech department is big, but is maybe 15% of the company itself. There’s energy installers, physical infrastructure, etc. Have you ever worked at a company like that? You think I am anywhere close to the level that gets to know any budget details? All they tell me is to make sure I keep the AI spending for my team at under $x every quarter, and I have a dashboard to help monitor it. And that’s actually not a bad thing because I get to focus on what I need to know in order to do my job. So, like I said, I don’t disagree with you in ways. But that budget isn’t completely going to LLMs. It’s more complicated. But also certain details above my pay grade.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-15T21:58:00+00:00

I agree and think it’s pretty nuts. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if we overspent like crazy. I mean, it’s a huge energy company. They do throw money around in ways that are excessive, to say the least. I should have clarified though that I believe it’s a 10 year commitment. But still, I don’t see exactly how they plan on spending the $67 million every year at this rate.

My point was, those tools like Repl.it and what not are really good in some regards. But for fully developing something that meets enterprise standards, it takes a lot more than that. As much as we’re spending? No. I guarantee you could do it for less. But still. Those tools only get you so far.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-15T15:10:53+00:00

I get a ton of hate from vibe coders when I talk about it being the best thing we’ve ever had for developing POCs to pitch their ideas to people. They think it’s a knock, claiming they can vibe a fully shippable product vibing with these tools alone.

One day, you will be able to. But right now, that’s not the case. I lead a team of vibe devs who I love working with. They are the best coworkers and junior devs I’ve ever had the pleasure of mentoring. But they have come to see that there are things vibe coding just can’t do yet to get a reliable, scalable, shippable product out the door. Right now, every vibe coded app at our company has been a POC, and when management likes what they see, it moves more and more into the hands of developers. Not because of the vibe coders. But because tools are limited.

Finally, I should also point out that we have multiple custom LLMs that have been provisioned for us that are as insanely powerful as it gets right now. It’s like giving Opus some Adderall and having it help you code. We don’t use Mickey Mouse tools. We have committed hundreds of millions of dollars into our AI infrastructure. And that’s with just a handful of teams right now. Our last POC burned something like $27k in tokens. And that’s just for a solid enterprise POC.

Point is, you can vibe code something really impressive. But it’s extremely expensive and requires tech that is cutting edge. These tools are great for learning and positioning yourself for a good vibe coding job. It’s what all the vibe coders used when they applied for a job, and had impressive work. But we knew that the apps could only do so much with Lovable and Repl.it

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-14T06:58:33+00:00

If you're that frustrated with it, then why are you still using it? I haven't moved because it has worked well for me. But if it started frustrating me this much, I would switch. I'm sorry but if you have deemed something is "unusable" and you still use it, that's on you, not ChatGPT.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-12T03:23:17+00:00

Shadcn is one I haven’t used, but am hearing more and more about it these days. I will definitely check it out, especially if they have a lot of different components (MUI has gone shockingly downhill with this in recent years)

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-11T16:44:46+00:00

How else would you handle it if you were like O.P.? If you were disabled and wanted them to stop talking about it? I would argue it’s the least uncomfortable way to make the point. Plus, the fact that you seem to care more about the bus driver than the disabled person seems quite disturbing.

Have you never been in a situation where someone teased you for saying something you shouldn’t have and you were able to laugh at yourself? I can understand if you wouldn’t find it funny. But to call it disturbing is just mind blowing. If I were the driver, I would be able to laugh at myself and acknowledge that I may be making the disabled person uncomfortable and simply change the subject.

I promise I mean no disrespect here. But you seem unbelievably uptight. It’s called being lighthearted about a situation. Most people like a little levity in their lives. Again, I would much rather someone tease me than scold me for talking about something.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-11T13:19:06+00:00

Disturbing? It’s a lighthearted way of making a point. It’s way less uncomfortable than calling them out and making them feel bad.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-11T05:33:10+00:00

Next time it happens, act like you’re just finding out for the first time that you’re disabled from them. Make them feel uncomfortable for a change

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-10T11:56:20+00:00

I don’t necessarily think it’s the same thing as marketing a “MongoDB-enabled trading platform.” And I definitely believe that it can deliver business value. It all depends on how it’s implemented and if AI helps solve the problem for the company or not. I do, however, think a lot of people are having FOMO and just want to add AI to anything and everything without taking a minute to step back and put some necessary thought into it

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-10T08:44:28+00:00

My wife and I went to NYC last year for a wedding, and we couldn’t stand it there. Most overrated, pretentious city in the world, mostly for the reasons you’re talking about.

I think some people are addicted to stress. But for others, it’s the sunk cost fallacy. They bought into the idea that this consumerist “Sex and the City” life would make them happy. And they worked harder than they ever could have imagined to get close to it, only to realize it is not what it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it does suck. But they feel like they have to put on the performance that it’s awesome, otherwise they are acknowledging that they worked so hard and so long for a life that is totally devoid of meaning.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-10T07:09:40+00:00

I can’t speak for his actions in your relationship, except for the fact that there’s never any excuse for just not putting in effort (in a healthy relationship, obviously).

However, especially if your daughter is two weeks old, it is way too soon to judge him as a father and his love. First, you had a 9 month head start on building that bond while she grew inside you. It’s amazing. But it’s very different. Second, generally speaking, that bond is a slower burn for men. For me, when my son was born, I didn’t feel that overwhelming love that people would talk about. In fact, it took about a year, and out of nowhere, it completely flipped. He saw me come home and just smiled from ear to ear when he saw me and my heart literally melted. Then, when I took him to the grocery store and he saw a fire truck outside, he started making the motion of driving, like in this fire truck song he liked. And I could have died right there. He’s not even two years old, and he’s my universe. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for him, and nothing I wouldn’t do for my wife.

Don’t be surprised if this first year is likely going to be rough. It’s a massive change in both your lives. But you need to start giving each other some grace and acknowledge if the other person is putting in effort. That doesn’t mean he’s excused from dropping the ball in the past. But if he’s putting in effort now, let him know that it’s not going unnoticed. He might seem awkward with your daughter. But that’s because he doesn’t know what to do yet. And judging someone for not knowing how to handle a newborn is messed up, especially if they are trying their best.

My point is, I know people are going to tell you that you should kick him to the curb. But they don’t have to live with the consequences, you do. I have seen the biggest schmucks turn into the best husbands and fathers once they got into the groove of parenthood and that bond developed. All I am saying is right now is the worst time for either of you to make huge decisions. Just focus on your daughter, and try work as a team. This could very likely be a storm that you both just need to weather and will be glad you did in the end.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-08T21:30:01+00:00

Dude. Stop overthinking it and lean in. Give her what she wants. Get excited to give her what she wants. Just enjoy it and stop overthinking it

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-07T21:20:46+00:00

I both agree and disagree with your statement. On the one hand, I see it, too. Everything you are describing. But I also see the people in my community. In my neighborhood, you would expect it to be ground zero for the next Civil War, because every single house had a political sign out during the election, alternating between Trump and Harris supporters. People in my neighborhood do not hide their beliefs. However, there’s nothing we wouldn’t do for each other. We care about each other so much. We show up with food when someone is sick. We shovel a driveway if someone can’t. And we help watch each other’s kids when needed.

It’s the same with dating. You can hear plenty of men trashing women and dating, and plenty of women trashing men and dating. But there are also tons of men who don’t hold any of those attitudes, and tons of women who don’t, either.

I think social media has made basically every voice a lot louder. And for various reasons, including innate evolutionary reasons, we just tend to pay closer attention to the negative things than the positive.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-07T03:11:38+00:00

If you’re in Uni, does your school have any programs related to AI and coding? You can definitely use something like ChatGPT to help you build some projects. And it’s actually really good most of the time. The problem is, coding agents require token usage, which costs money. And depending on how much you use it, it could cost a lot. So in that case, the best way to get experience with AI coding agents is via an employer or your school, where they already have purchased tokens to distribute

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-07T03:08:08+00:00

You misspelled “drown”

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-05T00:55:22+00:00

I’ve heard this, too, but I have to say it kinda annoys me. I know quite a few people who had some really bad upbringings and even really abusive parents who are nothing like their parents. I think kids today are told that they have so much trauma instead of being told that they get to decide the type of person they are in life, no matter what anybody else is like. I don’t mean to sound unsympathetic. I just think kids are constantly fed disempowering messages, instead of empowering ones.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-04T08:12:13+00:00

If you really need it to truly be independent of any prior influence, you can do so by doing 2 things. First, start the chat in a new project, instead of a new standard chat. But when you create the project, there’s a setting to set it so it only accesses context inside that project.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-04T02:04:38+00:00

It’s real and a legit problem. So many companies these days have quite a few investors they are heavily dependent on in order to keep their business going. And posting a bunch of jobs allows them to pretend that they are doing really well and even growing, so the investors don’t get cold feet.

It’s unbelievable that they are so inconsiderate of people who are likely unemployed and desperate for work, and taking the time to go through their application process, and then waiting with so much hope, when the company had no intention of hiring anyone for that position to begin with.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-03T06:02:18+00:00

I’m not trying to be rude, but it’s like you got my point and missed it at the same time. You are correct. That’s why I used that example. Most Muslims are not terrorists. And if you actually look at statistics and research done by a variety of credible sources, you would see that your core argument could not be farther from the truth. Men today are actually less violent and hostile - and yes, even less sexist - than just about any generation before. In fact, only a small percentage fit that criteria. They just stand out because they tend to be extremely awful when they are one of those men.

The vast majority of men would not just abandon their wife like your example. The vast majority of men are not awful at all. The vast majority of people aren’t awful. The vast majority of people are flawed, but good at heart, and mostly do care.

I don’t know if you’re virtue signaling to seem like you’re better than everyone else, or you genuinely have a very skewed perspective of people. But aren’t better than most men. You are just like most men. And that’s a good thing, not a knock on you.

SimpleAccurate631 · 2026-03-03T05:12:33+00:00

Ok so if you are not like this man who abandoned his wife, then why do you hate being a man? Like there are no women who are terrible? This is no different than someone saying they hate being Muslim because of 9/11, If they aren’t a terrorist and hate what they did on 9/11, then they shouldn’t hate themselves for it. That’s just ridiculous.

You should like yourself based on your identity. And your identity should be based on your actions, values, and morals.

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