I’ve been watching the Vibe Coding vs. SWE debate here with a lot of interest. The main argument seems to be that Claude makes building 0-1 easier than ever, but professional engineers say it won’t scale. As a long-time non-technical business owner, I’m really happy with how Claude lowers the technical barrier to turn an idea into a product. But it has one huge downside: it means anyone can build your idea in a week, so you will have a lot of competition. The other problem I’m seeing is that founders are getting addicted to only building the product. They forget the other sides of a real business like marketing, PMF, and ops. I believe this keeps users in a loop: they build a product for months, launch it, and if they don’t get traction in a week, they just go back and add another feature because it feels like progress. Other than these two issues, I think vibe coding is a huge relief. MVPs used to cost $3k to $5k, but now you can just build it yourself. To be honest, I don’t care if it doesn’t scale yet. As an early founder, what matters is getting to PMF faster and getting a few real customers. After that, you can reinvest that early revenue into professional development with real developers. That’s just my take, but I’d love to hear what the community thinks. Especially about the ship-fast culture pushed by big creators submitted by /u/damonflowers
Originally posted by u/damonflowers on r/ArtificialInteligence