FDE at a Fortune 500 watches coworkers vibe-code prototypes they can't ship
Startup__Sam · reddit · 2026-09-20
An FDE at a Fortune 500 company says he uses ChatGPT daily to build small apps and mockups for financial reporting and manufacturing dashboards, then turns them into production software himself. He notices non-technical coworkers now also prototype tools with AI—but end up emailing their creations to him because they can't deploy them.
He asks the community where AI-built mini-tools end up at other companies: discarded, archived, handed to engineering, or shared around—highlighting how vibe coding still hits a wall at the last mile of shipping.
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