Most vibe-coded tools are not for you (opens in new tab)

AI is inflicting a proliferation of tools, in the utensils’ sense. Folks are conjuring all sorts of programs out of thin air, unrestrained. Someone confessed on Hacker News to having created a hundred custom utilities. Linked to this increase is the promotional noise: Not a day passes without someone claiming they’ve made a tool to solve a fundamentally silly problem in some subreddit thanks to something they vibe coded overnight.