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1. bandra+s01[view] [source] 2026-02-04 21:50:32
>>namany+(OP)
It's a tale as old as time that developers, particularly junior developers, are convinced they could "slap together something in one weekend" that would replace expensive SAAS software and "just do the parts of it we actually use". Unfortunately, the same arguments against those devs regular-coding a bespoke replacement apply to them vibe-coding a bespoke replacement: management simply doesn't want to be responsible for it. I didn't understand it before I was in management either, but now that I'm in management I 100% get it.
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2. misiti+011[view] [source] 2026-02-04 21:53:16
>>bandra+s01
sorry, what do you mean?
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3. bandra+S61[view] [source] 2026-02-04 22:23:11
>>misiti+011
If software already exists that does X, X is a solved problem. You didn't hire a developer to solve already-solved problems.
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4. misiti+5C1[view] [source] 2026-02-05 01:56:13
>>bandra+S61
ya, i agree. but in your world, this company will fail https://glue.ai/ ?
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5. bandra+TP1[view] [source] 2026-02-05 03:57:17
>>misiti+5C1
They're in series A right now, so most likely yes they will fail like most new businesses do. Internal chat is a hugely competitive field with multiple large players (and Teams has had Copilot for a while now). So, I wish them the best, but this is pretty much exactly the kind of "existing product + AI" mashups that will have a tendency to burn out over the next couple of years, just like "our old business but with .com at the end" did back in 1999-2000.
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