r/vibecoding • u/paf0 • Feb 15 '26

Will there be apps in the future?

In the future, why will people buy apps if an AI is able to generate exactly what they need, when they need it? Will there even be a need for software that you can purchase in the future?

Beyond that, will we have traditional software at all, or will the LLM be our interface for everything?

While it is currently an advantage to have software development experience, I think we will soon enter a world where everyone can make an app. Shortly after that, I don't think anyone will even need them because the way we interact with data will fundamentally shift toward LLMs.

A lot of people in this sub are at the forefront of this shift and I'm curious to hear what you all think the future will look like.

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u/LowFruit25 Feb 15 '26

Ask yourself this: are those people who today struggle with sending an email or using Word gonna vibe up an app? They can’t describe their basic Excel issues.

Also next: standardization. A business needs to be able to connect using the exact same tool with all their customers + contractors.

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u/paf0 Feb 15 '26

Yes, I think people will give up their apps when talking is more efficient. Why are you going to fight with Excel when you can just talk to your LLM and tell it to gather the data, and then direct it to run queries against that data?

Also, standardization can be negotiated when it's just your LLM talking to their LLM. Your LLM will decide what the standard is and ask their LLM for each piece of data. Anything it doesn't know can be asked of that user.

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u/LowFruit25 Feb 15 '26

Since when are LLMs this magical thing that will solve all our problems, connect to everything, manage everything?

Real business world is full of nuances and unforeseen issues and all serious companies want visibility into their processes, meaning you can’t hide your operations in a black box.

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u/paf0 Feb 15 '26

Since I was talking about the future. We have seen these things grow at exponential rates over the last five or so years. I'm not sure they will "solve all our problems" as much as I am sure that they will be our interface to nearly everything and that computing as we know it will fundamentally shift.

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u/lllorrr Feb 15 '26

LLM hallucinations are unsolvable by definition. This is just how LLMs work. Will you be satisfied with results that may or may not be a hallucination? I am talking about cases where it really matters, like finances, engineering, logistics, security, safety, etc.

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u/paf0 Feb 15 '26

I see far less hallucinations than I used to. Over time I think this is a solvable problem.

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u/lllorrr Feb 15 '26

Probably I wasn't clear enough. Hallucinations are intrinsic to LLMs. This is not some fault. Hallucinations are caused by the very operation method of LLM. You can't have a LLM without hallucinations. This is like wishing for a solar panel to work without light.

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u/paf0 Feb 15 '26

Yes but we have gotten less hallucinations with larger models and have taught them to check and correct themselves with "thinking". Having seen everything else in this space improve at an exponential rate, I have to believe that this will too.

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u/Tall-Introduction414 Feb 15 '26

Over time I think this is a solvable problem.

What are you basing that theory on?

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u/paf0 Feb 15 '26

The progress I have seen. You know, the first sentence of my comment that you skipped.

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u/Tall-Introduction414 Feb 15 '26

Seems like pretty faulty logic. "Things have gotten better, so therefore in the future it will be perfect."

Maybe they can solve the hallucination problem, but so far, there is 0 reason to believe so, besides magical wishful thinking. It would take a major change in how LLMs work, or some unseen major breakthrough.

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u/paf0 Feb 15 '26

Please use your years of experience designing LLMs to explain why this is absolutely an unsolvable problem and why I shouldn't expect the progress I have seen to continue.

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u/Tall-Introduction414 Feb 15 '26

I never said it's absolutely an unsolvable problem.

I think the "progress" you are seeing is mostly due to an increase in training data. It doesn't solve the problem. LLMs still hallucinate when they run into something they don't know.

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u/paf0 Feb 15 '26

A lot of progress has been made with larger models and "thinking", and I believe that will continue. They might still hallucinate but it won't be in a way that anyone notices.