Huge SaaStr-Replit vibe coding disaster! — if it ever happened

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/23/huge-saastr-replit-vibe-coding-disaster-if-it-ever-happened/

podcast version
video version

14 points · 4 comments · view on lemmy.world

4 Comments

HedyL@awful.systems · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Turns out that being a proficient liar might be the key to success in this attention economy (see also: chatbots).

dgerard@awful.systems · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

look, i didn't say liar,

YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems · 7 pts · 1y

Maybe "storyteller" would be more accurate? Like, the prompt outputs were pretty obviously real and I can totally buy that he asked it to write an apology letter while dicking around waiting for Replit to restore a backup, but the question becomes whether he was just goofing off and playing into his role to make the story more memable or whether he was actually that naive.

mountainriver@awful.systems · 6 pts · 1y

Can it really be that stupid? Was he just prompting it wrong?