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Re:Domain expertise has always been the real moat by apsurd on Sunday May 31, 2026 @02:14AM (#48343427)
Im not understanding why the discounting of your prior knowledge somehow slides over to a benefit for the non-technical vibe coder?

wouldnt you still be in a better position when prompting “site slow, make fast”?

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Re:Domain expertise has always been the real moat by fragmede on Sunday May 31, 2026 @02:43AM (#48343553)
For now. But in a future where the non-technical vibecoder + AI can fix the slow site without the benefit of my expertise to thoroughly prompt it properly, why hire me?

The business goal is that the site is slow. That gets fixed by the non-technical vibecoder for the cost of however many tokens. Why look for outside help (aka me) if there's no need to and the AI can do it all?

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Re:Domain expertise has always been the real moat by emodendroket on Monday June 01, 2026 @08:30PM (#48364344)
Right but when I look at how long complete self driving has been supposedly six months away I feel like there's a decent chance that the last 10% is not as easy to automate as the rest.
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