Having a billion people use the exact same code stays as expensive as it ever was.
- Having a billion people use the exact same code stays as expensive as it ever was.
- But now making software that is individually correct for a billion people is much cheaper.
- When people use the same code it has to work for all users.
- Every feature that only some users need is a liability for users who don't need it.
- A friend vibecoded her own version of desktop iMessage to add an Archive feature to threads.
- It was easier for her to do that, than for Apple to decide to ship Archive for every user of iMessage.