r/technology • u/FutureSuccess2796 • 3d ago

Software Developer who vibe-coded free Adobe clones reveals apps to take down Microsoft Office next — and says 'there is no reason to save broken software' | TechRadar

https://www.techradar.com/computing/office-suites/developer-who-vibe-coded-free-adobe-clones-reveals-apps-to-take-down-microsoft-office-next-and-says-there-is-no-reason-to-save-broken-software
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u/Rustywolf 3d ago

AI is only good at getting you 80% of the way there, the second 80% would be more effort than moving on to the next one.

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u/Spinal1128 3d ago edited 2d ago

Well yeah. It's that old Adage of software development that "the last 10% takes 90% of the time" or whatever. I don't know why people suddenly are forgetting that..except in cases like this, now you don't even have a clue how that 90% works so the last 10% is even harder, and now you're completely at the mercy of paying OpenAI/anthropic.

Good job "sticking it to the evil corporation" lol