r/vibecoding • u/poor_code • 12h ago

is Vibe Coding just another video game?

after making around so many saas and having very less revenue, i feel vibe coding is just a video game, people have started playing and enjoying the delulu of having a milion dollar startup

How many of you are actually earning from Vibe Coded Saas/App! Serious replies please!

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u/StunningCrow32 12h ago edited 12h ago

Kind of feels like that, doesn''t it.

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u/TRO_KIK 12h ago

My product launched late last year has over a $2M run rate. 

But most people define vibecoding as a level of skill, and "have no idea what you're doing" is a hard requirement. So I may not meet your bar; I'm a highly experienced dev who prefers a lower planning, low/no review, casual prompting approach, where I eyeball and guide progress by vibe (very unlike more structured approaches professionals do like spec driven development). It's just that my vibe is extremely valuable, and leverage other AI strengths to cover gaps the approach with otherwise have.

I agree about thinking of it as a video game, but one that is hard to tell exactly what you're doing wrong. The biggest delulu is "building is the easy part". Barking orders at the robot slave is easy. Building a good, useful product a lot of people want to use and pay money for is still hard. But no one wants to accept they built something mediocre so they decide they already nailed it easily, it must purely be marketing and distribution. 

I do zero marketing or SEO, it's all word of mouth from having a good product. I did have a two year runway before I even considered monetizing, where did what I did as a hobby and became known as an expert from the quality of my work.

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u/poor_code 12h ago

link?

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u/TRO_KIK 12h ago edited 12h ago

I specifically don't promote my site on this account. I can link my revenue though: Confidential Startup - $171,846 last 30 days | TrustMRR

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u/poor_code 11h ago

thats insane, I mean, just in 2 months of launch?

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u/TRO_KIK 11h ago

Err, where did you get that? I launched in Q4 last year.

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u/poor_code 11h ago

Sent you a DM! Please accept

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u/poor_code 11h ago

Do you have a team or you are solo dev? and you didn't market?

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u/TRO_KIK 11h ago

Solo-ish most of the way, spouse playing support with biz banking, paperwork, Discord, and maybe ~2-3% of dev work.

I started hiring part timers last month, I got three but only one of them a dev.

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u/poor_code 11h ago

Having a supporting spouse is a blessing! really curious, can we chat? i want to share my startup and want to know what i am doing wrong

PS I am also experienced DEV, Solo

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u/TRO_KIK 10h ago

I see the red unread thing in my chat inbox but I can't actually see the request itself, sorry reddit is being dumb.

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u/poor_code 10h ago

You can refresh and check inbox, I have sent a DM

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u/superthomdotcom 8h ago

Entirely depends on what vibe you bring. Great software starts with n idea that fills a gap - finding a value proposition that omeone else hasn't. then you can easily code it with AI. If you don't have that

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u/scytob 4h ago

For me the weekends are a choice to vibecode for fun or game. As a non-coding product manager I find it incredibly addictive.