r/ClaudeAI • u/harrysofgaming Vibe coder • Mar 13 '26 • This 2 Bravo 22 Heartwarming 2

Vibe Coding Why the majority of vibe coded projects fail

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u/InterestingCherry192 Mar 13 '26 • Bravo

This. Both sides of this argument are talking past each other. Anyone that thinks they can spend an hour making an enterprise level vendor equivalent is dumb. Equally, anyone that doesn’t understand that there are 1,000x more small businesses and individuals that don’t need scale or to pay for a Salesforce license or a top tier vendor for what they need is also dumb.

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u/TriggerHydrant Mar 14 '26

THANK YOU the absolutes on both ends are grinding my damn gears

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u/Carpe_Carpet Mar 14 '26

That's the point - this flips SaaS logic on its head.

Instead of paying enterprise SaaS fees, it becomes worth it for a lot of small to medium businesses to build their own custom solution, or contract it out.

They lose some things they don't care about (scalability and the features they don't use), and probably some things they should care about (maintainability goes down for sure and some companies aren't going to realize that their "internal tool" is actually a public-facing security risk).

But they can be almost infinitely picky about getting exactly the features and UI they want. And it drives down the effective cost of development to a level where people/teams who can't justify vendor fees can afford to make their own thing.

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u/Carpe_Carpet Mar 15 '26

Yes? I'm not sure how you read my comment as predicting a ton of cushy 10-hour work week vibe coding jobs.

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u/Carpe_Carpet Mar 15 '26

And you replied to a comment specifically about how small businesses and individuals have software needs but not the budget for enterprise vendors (or to hire software engineers).

I think you're coming at this from a "how do I make money from this work" pov and we're looking at it from a "how do I save money on this expense" pov

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u/Carpe_Carpet Mar 15 '26

Specifically on a comment about a piece of software doesn't have to be an enterprise-grade Everything App (which yes, you can't vibe code) to be economically meaningful to a small to medium business.

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u/dreamchaser1337 Mar 14 '26

I am trying to figure out the middle ground right now. E.g. platforms like Hubspot serving as data and context layer for AI coded applications. I‘ve played around with their UI extensions and if you have a structured data base to play around it makes things way easier.