Reddit pushback: "vibe-coded apps are dead" claims are survivorship bias
mila_stacy · reddit · 2026-11-09
Reacting to takes like "I don't see AI videos in my feed, so they must be dead" (and a quoted tweet from Max Hirsch claiming no successful app has been built on Lovable, Replit, or Base44), a Reddit poster calls this classic survivorship bias.
Their counterpoint: they personally know many people earning six-figure revenue from vibe-coded apps — the ones who simply don't brag online. A snapshot of the ongoing argument over whether AI-built apps and media are actually failing.
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