Dev quits vibe coding after an OpenAI release killed thousands of apps overnight

omnivaughn · x · 2026-09-12

A developer rants that he vibe coded an app last week, only for OpenAI to ship a feature that "basically killed my app, along with thousands of others". He vows to stop vibe coding: what's the point if OpenAI, Anthropic or Google can kill what you built tomorrow? The quoter mocks the fragility, saying engineering requires resilience to someone shipping your idea first.

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