Vibe Coding is Mad Depressing
11 Dec, 2025
I’ve been in the mobile development industry for almost 15 years, and this AI/LLM era might be the worst.
My work are mostly freelance, gigs, hourly, milestones, and I could say 90% of my experience are greenfield projects. I don’t have any apps on my own, I make a living coding apps for others.
Before AI
Back in the day, during a client kickoff they usually hand me a document with a UI prototype and a list of features. Then, you start from scratch, File - New Project. git init that shit and you’re on your way.
Everything was calm, clients just wanted a weekly or monthly feedback because they know how hard mobile development is you know. No pressure. You can focus on the great work, clean code, proper variable naming, proper git commit, all that stuffs.
In 2-3 months you get an alpha or beta build out, and clients are very happy. They can’t believe there idea, has now transformed into something they can play with.
Start of AI era
Fast forward to today, or maybe it started around 2-3 years ago. Nothing wrong with it at first. Like any freelancer, I try to adopt with the latest trends.
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