"I expect we will see an explosion of what might be called "boutique software" as a result of vibe coding. There are endless ideas for websites and mobile apps that never got written or created because the cost to produce them outweighed the benefits they promised. But if the cost of producing them is drastically reduced, then that cost/benefit ratio becomes viable, and those small but great ideas will come to fruition. Prepare for "short form software," similar to what TikTok did for content producers."
"Software development is uniquely positioned to take advantage of AI agents. Large language models (LLMs) are-no surprise-based on text. They take text as input and produce text as output. Given that code is all text, LLMs are particularly good at producing code. And because computer code isn't particularly nuanced compared to spoken language, AI easily learns from existing code and thus excels at producing code. It's a virtuous cycle."
Vibe coding will trigger a surge of boutique software and short-form applications by dramatically lowering the cost of producing niche websites and mobile apps, making previously uneconomic ideas viable. Large language models excel at generating code because code is text; they take text as input and produce text as output, and they learn easily from existing code, creating a virtuous cycle that further reduces development cost. A future dilemma centers on training data sources as humans write less code. Humans will likely continue to design libraries, components, and frameworks while LLMs riff off that scaffolding; eventually AI may learn from itself and implement specifications directly.
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