It's a vibecoded project, so isn't it more like a creation of Claude? I think it's quite relevant to see where/if the clanker improved on the existing product.

It’s not a criticism. The creators of these projects have most likely shopped around and used existing projects before deciding to build their own. I’m as interested in the “why” they built something as much as the project itself. Unfortunately, with LLMs, it looks like writing and communication skills have taken a hit.

No, it's just that meaningful answers to "why" are hard to come by when you might only have twenty minutes invested.

In 2027, I can assure you I won't be shopping around for existing projects very often.

For starters, I don't need them. Second, it might take me longer to learn theirs than to build my own. And last, the amount of slop getting pushed out is going through the roof, making discoverability a difficult problem already.