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by afro88 87 days ago
I vibe coded a saas and it went nowhere because it wasn't a good enough idea to begin with. I consulted with multiple varied models along the way for competitive analysis, pricing structure etc.

AI doesn't solve for ideas and product market fit. But it did allow me to fail pretty fast before I sunk too much time into it. But also, I should have spoken to potential users earlier rather than vibe coding.
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deadbabe 87 days ago
Why wouldn’t just make some AI generated user personas to talk to? Whatever their opinion is, it’s already been captured and is in the training data. You don’t need to talk to users.
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afro88 86 days ago
Because AI is way too sycophantic still. The real audio engineers I spoke to said they run into this problem maybe once every few months and even then only when working for particular clients. Too much friction to purchase one offs, not enough pain for a monthly subscription.

https://claude.ai/share/be61468f-9f38-4dc0-aae3-5d758bf0f200

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DANmode 86 days ago
Hot take.

Possibly true, dependent on the service you use,

and the software space being evaluated.

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