[glimshe]

Visicalc was released 2 years after the Apple II was released. Visicalc changed the world for the better faster than AI has up to this point.

[reactordev]

Anthropic released Claude in March 2023. Claude Code was released in February 2025. I'd say Claude Code had about as much impact as Visicalc.

[glimshe]

But Claude Code is the apple II in my analogy. Where's the revolutionary product made with AI coding, or the company that couldn't exist without vibe coding?