These vibe coding tools are all about making apps.

2025-04-21 · Bits and Bobs 4/21/25

These vibe coding tools are all about making apps.
- Apps are the wrong mental model for little throwaway things that do useful things on your data.
- We should be moving beyond apps.^[pm]^[pn]

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