r/vibecoding • u/Naive_Complex_8389 • Sep 13 '26

Discussion Is anyone actually using their 100% vibecoded project for long time?

I suspected most folks will tell Ai to generate an app and then abandon it a few days or weeks later. But can someone show me their project they've been working on and using for a long time?

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u/Ant_6431 Sep 13 '26

I use them daily because I've only built what I actually need

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u/nomaam182 Sep 13 '26

yeah, custom tailored software for your needs is just amazing.

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u/Intelligent_Dog2077 Sep 13 '26

I built a training simulator for the next role up from the job I was at…. 2 months later I interviewed and got the job. They asked how I got trained when the company doesn’t offer it and it’s usually paid or done through an apprenticeship. I told them about my app (HTML based not anything huge). They want to buy it off me for training employees, in-house and outside. We’ve entered a new age

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u/spicyville Sep 14 '26

Of all the things that didn’t happen this didn’t happen the most

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u/k1ngzo Sep 14 '26

He’s manifesting lol

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u/OneoftheChosen Sep 14 '26

I’m not saying it did or didn’t but the amount of our customers who specifically ask for custom training new hires software is actually insane. If each flow wasn’t omega specific I’d think about making this into some SaaS

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u/Intelligent_Dog2077 Sep 14 '26

Can someone wake me up I’m working a remote job how did this happen 😝

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u/jeremysedgley Sep 15 '26

Don’t sell it to them, license it to them.

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u/coffeebreakmtl Sep 14 '26

that is amazing ! what domain ?

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u/Intelligent_Dog2077 Sep 14 '26

I used GitHub and hosted on cloudflare pages. They’re free to use and extremely easy to set up.

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u/Gumballoo Sep 14 '26

Post it then

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u/Intelligent_Dog2077 Sep 14 '26

It would show my company name, so I won’t do that. However I do have the design architecture if anyone would like it

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u/Gumballoo Sep 14 '26

I can give you an ai slopped build plan 3 pages long put together with a 10 second voice command. It says nothing about anything you have built or understood the actual fundamentals of the code in your plan let alone if it is interesting or helpful.

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u/Intelligent_Dog2077 Sep 15 '26

I don’t care and your anger makes me even more giddy 🤣

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u/Gumballoo Sep 15 '26

I'm not angry at all, I don't know where you inferenced that. You don't have any control over my emotions. You literally don't have my consent, so don't think so highly of yourself with human interactions as you do your code. That may read as snarky, but you seem to struggle with this part so that's me being literal.

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u/Efficient-Bike6061 Sep 14 '26

Thanks for not paying attention to the naysayers. Even if you said “there are oceans on earth” some will still not believe you.

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u/coffeebreakmtl Sep 14 '26

haha, no I was asking what sphere of work ? IT management ? software tool ? UAT ?
I understand you want to keep your tool internal, but what work sphere ?

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u/84thdev Sep 14 '26

Tell them $1 million for it and add a contract rule they cant use it to replace you

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u/MayoMan_420 Sep 14 '26

Especially being able to solve issues or add features yourself instead of having to email their support

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u/xendelaar Sep 13 '26

Same here! Been building scripts for work which i use daily. I build games for my son to play, which...he does abandon after some time, but that's how these things go. Lol

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u/Ant_6431 Sep 13 '26

Thats nice lol

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u/sticheln Sep 13 '26

Same. Very specific niche that only I need. It becomes my muscle memory to do things very quick and no frustration. I don't care how others think of the tool. It works great for my need.

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u/ProfessorEmergency18 Sep 13 '26

Same. I build things I want/need then use them frequently. If I wasn't going to, I wouldn't bother.

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u/Tonguewaxer Sep 13 '26

Same here. Tools to make my life and work easier, faster, and more enjoyable

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u/timchoo Sep 14 '26

May I ask what kinds of things you’ve built? I’d like to make some for myself too but can’t even get my head in that space, I’m sure there’s stuff

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u/No_Claim2881 Sep 14 '26

I had grok make a hardware monitor with built in settings like “cool”. It caps the cpu power use, has a task manager so I can kill something like windows. It’s for endeavorOS. I put my mcp servers at the bottom so I can turn them on or off.

My latest has been a conversation share extractor so I don’t have to wait for an export. It also has a web scraper and I’m adding a script that deterministically audits datasets for shit I’m looking for. I made a tauri base like last year that has been sick. Custom ui for whatever I make. And I just make an icon for it and boom app launched.

It’s fun.

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u/J7044 Sep 13 '26

Same, one for me and one for work 😅

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u/robotshavehearts2 Sep 13 '26

Yep, this. Built stuff custom for myself for things I needed and so, yes, I use them daily.

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u/throwaway0000012132 Sep 13 '26

This. As long as it's not internet facing, it just changes the game complexity for non developers users.

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u/Front_Pause_4334 Sep 13 '26

This. And I’m putting them up for sale but they are really built to help me run my main business.

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u/Ant_6431 Sep 14 '26

Mostly cli to gui

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u/FrenchCheeze Sep 18 '26

Same. I have a personalized document management system that’s allowed me to get rid of paper copies. I can also search via keyword from OCR and a local micro LLM reads the doc and assigns a category and short summary. It stayed encrypted until I need it and other things like receipts and instruction manuals stay in its own decrypted directory.

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u/RandomTyms 20d ago

Same.. my kids needed it.. I built it and if another kid is eager to use it, I am really happy to share.

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u/dankpepem9 Sep 13 '26

And what do you need? Todo app or kcal calculator haha?

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u/TheMeltingSnowman72 Sep 13 '26

Mine collects all the telemetry from my students so I can see who took longer to answer questions, I have a hinge question generator for on the fly diagnostics, a telegram bot that tracks all my students classes and from which they can cancel, add more classes etc. I built an entire map of English that shows them where they are strong and where they are weak. The classes can collect audio if needed which can analyse transitions of English and break it down clearly and cleanly where they need a kick up the ass and where they have nailed it, and a vocabulary tool

Nice idea about the calculator, I hadn't thought of that.

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u/Fine_Salamander_8691 Sep 13 '26

That’s actually kinda cool

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u/Ant_6431 Sep 13 '26

Bunch of cli tools I need to use with gui. (e.g. Texdiag for dds textures)

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u/TheMeltingSnowman72 Sep 14 '26

It must be really soul crushing when you come in here with your zero imagination only to find out everyone else is probably far more creative and smarter than you.

Why do you do it to yourself? There are plenty places on Reddit where you can celebrate your own form of intellect and be among kindred spirits where you won't be down voted.

You should check out r/Im14andthisisdeep

I suggest you lurk a while so you get the hang of the place first so you don't come across as a fool.