Last September, programmer Mike Judge asked: if AI’s so good for coding, where are all the little AI apps? Where are the widgets someone just vibed? Where’s all the AI shovelware? He worked out the…
  • Agent641English
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    3 days ago

    I partly vibe-coded what I thought would be a super useful homepage website ( mediaplate.au ), with weather, notepad, to do list, unit conversion, visitor info (up address etc) stopwatch, timer, etc. All widgets adjustable and tabs renamable. it also has a search function where you can quickly search using any of the big engines and exclude AI summaries from the result. Made it for myself, to improve my own productivity. Set it as the default “new tab” page in Firefox.

    I don’t even use it myself lol. It was my idea, my design, to fit my (perceived) needs, and now it’s basically abandonware. I’m not surprised that most other churned out vibe coded apps are solutions looking for a problem.

    • GenosseFlosse@feddit.orgEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      It’s not your fault. The problem is not creating something, but letting people know it exists and is useful for them. Unless you are a big tech company who can advertise it at their own homepage, their services or with unlimited budget inside their own ad network, you have a hard time getting users to see your thing. Reddit, YouTube and each social media is pay to win now, unless some big influencer mentions you or finds your think by accident.