Dev mocks anti-AI crowd for claiming vibe reverse-engineering basic Windows software costs five figures
mgostIH · x · 2026-10-11
Developer mgostIH ridicules what he calls the "absolute state of anti-AI lunatics" who believe vibe reverse-engineering a basic Windows application with AI costs five figures.
The spat stems from a quoted take by johncodes, who questioned why anyone would spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on "slop tokens" recreating existing software instead of directing the same effort and tokens at established open-source projects like LibreOffice, GIMP, Kdenlive, and Thunderbird — suggesting it's pure clout-chasing with no interest in actual maintenance.
mgostIH's counterpoint: AI-driven reverse engineering of simple software costs far less than critics claim, and their cost estimates are wildly out of touch.
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