An app like Cal.com can be vibe coded in a few evenings with a Chrome MCP server pointed to their website to figure out all the nooks and crannys. The moat of Cal.com is not the code, it's the users who don't want to migrate.

The real answer is they are likely having a hard time converting people to paid plans

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notnullorvoid 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> The moat of Cal.com is not the code, it's the users who don't want to migrate.

That's a very weak moat unless you have something else like the friction of network dependence similar to a social network.

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philipov 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Sunk cost is sufficient friction for most people even without network dependence.

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shimman 6 hours ago | parent [-]

For a meeting scheduler site? I feel like you're overestimating the capabilities of something that is akin to college graduate project.

This company does not seem healthy at all:

https://getlatka.com/companies/calcom

I agree with the other poster that mention this is likely a publicity stunt but all it's really showing is that VC is still incredibly stupid with their money. All the more reason to seize it from them then properly fund useful software and not subsidize vanity projects for stanford grads.

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cootsnuck 5 hours ago | parent [-]

About the friction, not the capabilities...I haven't switched off my biz calendar/appointment provider I'm paying for even though I've kinda outgrown it.

I wouldn't under estimate switching friction.

	▲	hrimfaxi 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		How much does your friction avoidance cost, if you don't mind my asking?

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opem 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

For real, one of the reasons I use cal.com is because it's open source. Time to migrate.

	▲	lrvick 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Same. I expect in a misguided effort to save customers, they are going to lose a lot more. My two companies will be canceling over this.

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indianmouse 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

May be trying creating one and see how much effort and time is required to clone such a functionality to a proper working state! Something for personal use can be created in about 5-10 days, but even then the skill that is required and the amount of tokens to burn, hosting and security etc, will easily kill. This is exactly the thought process of many, but it will surely kill many opensource contributors. I've stopped committing anything to any open source repos as a personal choice. I do not want to train a LLM which will eventually create more slop and headaches since for me, time is the only important factor which holds the maximum value! Nothing else!

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j45 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Coding something vs maintaining it can be quite different things.