The agent future: grandma won't vibe code, she'll just ask one of three frontier agents
dreamwieber · x · 2026-10-12
Responding to the 'everyone will build their own software' debate, dreamwieber offers a third view: grandma won't vibe code — she'll soon just describe her problem to one of 3 frontier agents, and it will be solved for her.
- No need for custom apps: any UI needed will be synthesized on the fly by the agent, clearly and simply.
- Obvious monopoly risk: if all queries funnel to a handful of frontier agents, power concentrates heavily.
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