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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by starkparker on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @06:50PM (#44740461)
> Was it worth it? Yes, it is terrible, shoddy, insecure code, but he proved out a viable business with just a few hundred dollars of investment.

How much is it costing him to hire someone to reimplement his idea correctly?

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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by mrmincent on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @06:55PM (#44740500)
Probably a similar amount that it would have taken him to hire someone from the start, except he’s already validated the product and market.
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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by lelanthran on Thursday July 31, 2025 @07:47AM (#44744658)
> Probably a similar amount that it would have taken him to hire someone from the start, except he’s already validated the product and market.

He hasn't validated the market at the price point that includes the cost of a developer to build the product. He's validated a market in which it costs him close to zero to deliver. He's not validated a market which costs (say) a few months of dev time.

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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by keerthiko on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @06:53PM (#44740484)
Likely still cheaper than whatever these competitors have spent building their product and then hiring blackhat saboteurs.
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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by Joel_Mckay on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @06:55PM (#44740502)
I wonder if people do that sort of thing..

Generally bandits are not interested in sparing anyone. =3

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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by guappa on Thursday July 31, 2025 @04:15AM (#44743510)
That's a very big alligation that would need some more proof than "who else would hack it?"
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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by CharlieDigital on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @06:52PM (#44740477)
Currently only equity.

And it only works because has proven the revenue model and found the customers already.

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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by darepublic on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @07:36PM (#44740803)
Customers that he screwed over with his shoddy code.
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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by NoGravitas on Thursday July 31, 2025 @10:50AM (#44746284)
And a developer he's screwing over by not paying them.
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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by singpolyma3 on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @06:52PM (#44740480)
If he manages to do it, he'll know it's a business with legs and how much people will pay which is pretty invaluable knowledge
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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by CharlieDigital on Thursday July 31, 2025 @12:43PM (#44747412)
Lots of people on HN seem to have a very broken idea of how startups and entrepreneurship works.
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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by imiric on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @07:08PM (#44740608)
Never mind what it's costing the vibe coder to fix this.

The important question is: what was the cost and consequences of the exploits for users of the service?

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Re:Vibe code is legacy code by Joel_Mckay on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @06:54PM (#44740487)
He can expect 5 times what he would have paid the first time with a proper specification...

=3

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