[fragmede]

Now be the teenager with no college degree that you were before you ever made $100/hr. Most of your options then paid < $10/hr, if that. The calculus looks a lot different then.

The vibecoded threat isn't from Devin, the threat is from 15 year old nerds who no mortgage, partner, or responsibilities. Powered by insecurity, pride, and spite, plus a generous amount of teenage hormones. I would love to see What I could have built if I had Claude back when my reflexes were still powered by youth.

Plus, if you made an app that other people were paying $1/month for. Sell yours to people for $2/month (or $0.50/month, you decide!) and you'd recoup your money much faster than 51 months.

[trinix912]

Exactly. Most people are also not in the position to easily make $100/hr and be able to just burn money to "save time" with subscription apps.

There's another competition, your average folks who end up using physical notebooks, stock Notes/Calendar/... apps and Google Sheets when they figure the subscription isn't worth it anymore / they can't keep up with all of them due to rising CoL.

[ryandrake]

One’s time is only worth money if they would otherwise be making money. If they would otherwise be playing video games or watching Netflix, then the app they spent an hour on cost them nothing in opportunity cost.

[sitkack]

I now code for fun with AI because it can handle the boring parts. 80% of anything is mostly drudge. And while we can’t subsist on frosting alone, having assistant that can keep you in the zone is very rewarding.

Three major iterations from now this whole conversation will be quaint and everyone will have always thought this.