Developer Ditches Vibe Coding After OpenAI Update Obsoletes His App

Vineer wrote that he built an app last week using AI tools. He stated that OpenAI then released a feature which rendered the app and thousands of similar ones useless. He concluded there is little point in continuing to build that way if the major labs can ship replacements at any time. Replies noted that similar shifts happened with earlier platforms like blogs and photo sharing. Other users advised focusing on elements the labs cannot copy such as taste, distribution, and niche problems. One reply observed that more people created content after web tools appeared than before.