Is vibecoded but freely licensed software really free software, if it's unmaintainable and unreadable, as these tend to be? It's missing freedom #1, just from a more "practically possible" rather than "legally allowed" standpoint.
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@neon Speaking rhetorically:
If it took you little time to produce it, I'll spend no time using it.
Vibe-coded software is valueless. The value of software lies in the expertise, commitment, and unique creative expression behind it on the part of human authors. Without expertise, commitment, and unique expression, the software is worth nothing from the moment it has been extruded out.
@neon The maintenance angle really worries me, and causes me to nope out when I find a vibe-coded project. If you don’t know how to maintain and develop your own software, it’s not going to live very long as a project.
@deadsuperhero @neon I think you’re quite wrong about that. Nobody knows how to maintain a project. LLM assistance makes the programming part cheap. so among fully vibed projects, there’ll be competition for being the best maintained.
@lain @neon @deadsuperhero
> there’ll be competition for being the best maintained
is this based on reality or wishful thinking
> there’ll be competition for being the best maintained
is this based on reality or wishful thinking
@mono @neon @deadsuperhero there’ll be much more personal software, where no community is necessary (see https://lambadalambda.github.io/things-i-did-with-llms/). For actually community projects, it’ll be dominated by whoever can provide
