Seeing everyone vibe code their "photoshop killer" or "ableton killer" when free and open source perfectly cromulent alternatives have already existed for years gave me one of several realisations:
The software itself isn't the solution. You need to have a userbase and supportive community around your software/tool to see any level of success. And these one-shot attempts just ain't it.
hellocatfood
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2026-10-19 08:47:11 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…u3ks
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