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Why not just vibe code binary executables for each platform?

The sheer speedup all users will show everyone why vibe coding is the future. After all coding is a solved problem.

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Not "eating their own dog-food" may not be conclusive, but it sure is suggestive.

I'm guessing the first question will be "How are we going to keep the UI consistent?". The hard part is never the code writing it's carefully releasing fast changing features from product people. Their chat UX is the core product which is replicated on the internet and other devices. That's almost always React or [JS framework] these days.

Migrating the system would be the easier part in that regard, but they'll still need a JS UI unless they develop multiple teams to spearhead various native GUIs (which is always an option).

Almost every AI chat framework/SDK I've seen is some React or JS stuff. Or even agent stuff like llamaindex.ts. I have a feeling AI is going to reinforce React more than ever.

Why does the ui need to be consistent? If its for documentation I then an llm should be able to write those instructions.

Yep, I understand why let's release this one feature everywhere is a great lure and I do get annoyed when desktop vs mobile spotify gets features later or never. However, a phone is not a desktop capability wise and what we usually get is the power of the phone on a desktop, aka the lowest common denominator of capabilities.

This fetish we as an industry have to hide platform specifics makes us blind to the platform specific capabilities. Some software would be better off if it leaned into the differences instead of fighting them.

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