"Software is dead" debunked: vibe-coding on the fly costs tokens, compute and 15-minute waits
bendee983 · x · 2026-10-14
- Quoting @kunchenguid: the "just tell your agent and it vibe-codes software on the fly" argument falls apart because generating software live burns tokens, compute, and wall-clock time—users would write prompts, wait 15 minutes, and pay more in token spend than all their software subscriptions combined.
- Reposter bendee983 agrees, offering a "restaurant vs. airfryer" analogy: people expecting agents to replace all software are a niche of heavy users with one-off tasks; most users do repetitive tasks that existing apps already handle perfectly and won't pay for AI tokens to tap-what-an-app-does.
- Both still believe AI will transform software: many more people will build personal, low-risk niche apps with agents—but "real software dies" doesn't follow.
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