undefined | Better HN

0 pointsozim4d ago0 comments

My newest joke is:

„I was able to vibecode those 5 apps I always wanted but never had time to code them myself … it is so different now because — I don’t have time to use them”.

0 comments

bluGill3d ago

That is wrong - the limit isn't time. The limit is you need to create a good ui so you don't need time. time is the limit for a fun game (see other comnents on how hard this is).

However an app needs to be a good enough ui that it does something for you and often they don't. Paper todo lists still beat all the todo apps people try to make because the ui works for paper. Paper has large limits and so it seems there must be an app out there that is better - but so far everyone has failed to create it.

ozimOP1d ago

I think you didn't get the joke.

Idea behind the joke is that those apps were not needed at all in the first place, it is only that person from the joke had grand idea lurking in their head that those will be super useful. If those apps would be needed a person would take time to build them. Now building useless apps costs much less.

Better UI doesn't matter if something is purely a "wannabe application" in someones head.

Ergo, if you don't have time to build out some idea - that is a clear indication such idea is not good or not so useful - even if you still have an urge to build it, subconsciously you already know.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse