23.10.2026·00:00:48

Software is dead (for some of us)

It's the era of personal software. Not everyone will vibe code their own tools, but plenty of people will stop paying for apps they can build themselves. They don't need to be secure or run on a server. A lot of the apps on our machines never touch the web. From Cmd+AI episode 70, our weekly live show covering AI, design and dev. Catch us live every Friday and join in the banter. #CmdAI #AI #VibeCoding #Software #IndieDev

Transcript
Software is dead. Very very simple. It's now the era of personal software and everyone just builds what they need whenever they need it. I there will no doubt be people who look at the flawed code thinking, "Huh, I can just stop paying for this thing anymore because I can just vibe code it for themselves, right?" You cannot tell me that it's going to be tons of people who take that approach. So, it's not going to be for everyone, Yeah. but it will be for some people. Therefore, that warrants the the call that something has been killed cuz it has. It's this personal software. It's like they they don't need it to be secure. They don't need it to be running on any servers. They're literally The amount of apps I've got running on my um computer right now that don't touch the web whatsoever is crazy. Command AI.