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by nachocoll 94 days ago
The "no PhD required, grandma-approved" framing is a really honest description of what vibe coding enables at its best: domain experts building useful tools for real people, without needing to be software engineers first.

The BSL-1.1 license choice is interesting too — shows you're thinking about sustainability and intent, not just shipping fast. That kind of explicit decision-making is actually what separates vibe coding projects that survive from ones that collapse: when the human behind the project is thinking about architecture, maintainability, and accountability.

Somewhat related: the Agile Vibe Coding Manifesto (https://agilevibecoding.org) is trying to formalize exactly these principles — that customer value and human accountability still drive everything even when AI is writing most of the code. Your project is a good example of vibe coding done with intention.

Good luck with Skales — the accessibility angle (no Docker, no CLI) is genuinely underserved.

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Thank you - the BSL-1.1 decision was exactly about sustainability. I want Skales to stay free for personal use forever, but I also don't want a big company to fork and rebrand it overnight. v5.5 just shipped today with an approval system (AI asks before sending emails, deleting files, changing calendar), full screen reader accessibility, and security fixes - all based on community feedback. Also launched on Product Hunt today: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/skales Appreciate the thoughtful comment.