Epic Games Store vibecoded rewrite is now twice as fast as Steam, says Epic
Charuru · reddit · 2026-10-14
Epic Games launched a preview of its rebuilt Epic Games Store, saying the app was vibecoded — and that performance went from notably slower than Steam to twice as fast.
It's a public, quantified example of a large consumer app rewritten with AI-assisted coding.
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