> The barrier to entry has effectively collapsed.

Google, Apple, Meta, X, Bluesky, Shopify, Stripe and all the big software companies must be really shaking in their boots for disruption against the army of vibe coders. /s

(They are actually laughing at all of them)

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dolebirchwood 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why would any big software company need to care? There are so many small businesses with unique problems with no current off-the-shelf software solutions because they've always been too niche to justify the time and expense of bespoke development. Now that door is open. Big software companies can keep servicing big businesses and mass markets, while opportunities abound for anyone else willing to innovate on smaller problems. Not everything needs to be built to scale.

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enos_feedler 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What a random set of companies to choose. You'd probably need to think critically about each one of those when assessing the accuracy of your statements.

	▲	rvz 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> What a random set of companies to choose. All of the mentioned named companies have network effects, distribution and trust. Not quite easy to copy. Disposable LLM gen'd code without users is cheap, which is the point of the article.