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by theshrike79 150 days ago
Why would they "eventually break"?

In what situation would a simple script or helper app just suddenly rot away and stop working?

Of course it's POSSIBLE to vibe together a massive monstrosity of an everything-app, but that's not what the author is doing here (nor me).

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If it's tied to web APIs, libraries, or OS version feature APIs that are deprecated it will suddenly stop working.
Non-subscription paid software will rot the same way too, so there's no change.

With a agentic llms I can just tell it to fix it. With a commercial solution I'm fucked and either have to find something else or pay for a license (or keep paying every month).