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So at the end of the day you still need an app… and maybe instead of spending tokens every time you want an app you just use a prebuilt one… :surprised-pikachu:

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Depends.

If you just need a narrow subset of the functionality for now, might be cheaper in tokens to just vibe it than the attentional cost of searching for just the right software...let alone paying for it.

Why people bringing token prices ? With my Claude subscription I can do everything from building apps every day to doing room planning and science researches , for a fixed price. Software is not cheaper . Before you could argue oh but it’s a subsidy etc , in reality you can do same things with Chinese models just half a year away for also cost of coffee . It’s cheaper now than sales tax you pay for your saas

> Why people bringing token prices ?

Enterprises needs to pay for API, they cannot use subs (for various reasons). In work environment it’s a higher chance you will pay raw token prices than have a sub.

My example is not a narrow functionalist it’s a complex multi level problem that need several apps .

NO, you build a new one every time, or else you get the hose again.

Sure , I’ll share you my example I was doing home planning from a shitty plan I had from previous owner . Claude created that with a fraction on my quotas . Eg ~1 dollar . It converted a shitty drawing into 3d , modified the room I wanted , created a few options of visuals, and shopping list from my local store with budgets . Oh and yes it create a local html page for my problem it even created a name nook, not sure why .

With regular software I need an entire package of apps, a specially trained people , and a budget of at least $10k for the same service . Will my services be such a commodity very soon , sure .

Do I want to pay $10k now for manual software and people . Not really , what is the point ? Same way as accountant will not pay one day for the software , I will not pay adobe and designer today .

I think the fact that you vibe code your home explains that we have fundamentally different worldviews and aren't gonna agree on anything here

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