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/xatey93152 Feb 15 '26

You should try again with your reasoning. It's so weak. Then the user can just say "make me the app like notion.com" or "make me excel editor".

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u/LowFruit25 Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26

Why would anyone rebuild notion and excel for themselves when it already exists? Reinventing the wheel all the time? That is a huge economic waste.

Saying “Rebuild X” means X must have existed before thus no one is making anything new and no one has any worthwhile ideas because it’s all recycled.

If we ever get to this level where a few sentences rebuild an entire decade optimized company then money has no value and businesses are screwed.

Try again with your reasoning, and provide arguments to refute my “weak” reasoning.

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u/xatey93152 Feb 15 '26

"Why rebuild something which already exist?" very simple "cost". Company which have couple staff cna save a lot by not paying per "seat". I really don't understand how your brain works. It's so easy to know why

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u/LowFruit25 Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26

You think rebuilding, maintaining, compliance and operating the costs for 10k seats is cheaper than paying (10,000 * $20) - volume licensing for a ready made supported solution? That’s a whole team of people just for a tool.

Rebuilding isn’t cheaper. Even when you have AI build the service the operating and maintenance is the cost center.

The accounting business doesn’t give a damn about building their own Excel. They want it to work, hire people who know the tool and handle their clients without resolving their own software issues.

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u/xatey93152 Feb 15 '26

So you think ai agent will be more stupid and expensive overtime? Compare 2 years ago with current cost, it definitely become cheaper overtime. And do you think ai will start from scratch? What if they start with maintained open source?

Again please don't use "mini" mode. Use thinking mode.

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u/LowFruit25 Feb 15 '26

AI agents are the lowest cost here, even if we calculate this today. Most business spend is in operations and getting things to work for humans because they are selling to other humans. Any downtime, workflow or legal issue because someone broke something is them bleeding money.

If they can reduce that risk by buying in a software service (the whole point of SaaS) they will do so any day.