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Re:Ask HN: Is it still worth pursuing a software startup? by elif on Saturday January 17, 2026 @09:40AM (#46658417)
Unfortunately any pro-AI viewpoint, no matter how uncontroversial, will be immediately dismissed and down voted here. Doesn't make it not true.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it still worth pursuing a software startup? by swiftcoder on Saturday January 17, 2026 @10:32AM (#46658822)
The proof is really in the pudding, isn't it? I don't see a wave of successful vibe-coded startups in the market yet. That's kind of the benchmark for whether this stuff actually does in practice what the AI-hypemen claim it can.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it still worth pursuing a software startup? by sequin on Saturday January 17, 2026 @01:17PM (#46660434)
Rather the opposite. A vibe-coded startup cannot survive if it can be trivially duplicated. The proof will be in observing the inverse phenomenon; (pure) software companies disappearing.
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