Developer: Claude and Codex nearly bankrupted me by enabling my avoidance
DeepLearningAI · x · 2026-11-05
A developer confesses that vibe-coding with Claude and Codex became a perfect avoidance mechanism: there's always another task, so he never had to show the app to real people. Months of subscription fees later, the product got more polished but he still had no idea if anyone wanted it—while skipping competitor research and outreach. Cold emails finally brought users, forcing him to confront what AI helped him dodge.
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