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I considered it a possibility. Now it's set in stone. Instead of fully shutting down in the coming year due to tumbling revenue, leadership decided "What if we use someone else's platform?" It just so happens, the platform they chose is vibe coded.

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[โ€“] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Edit: I don't think I am wrong, but reading more this company has massive leadership issues. I get why they are not sharing the name.

Original: Not to be a dick, and I clearly have not read the rest of the article's author's writing, but these two items go together.

Our brand-awareness shrunk into obscurity.

If you're curious, I'm sorry to disappoint. I haven't name-dropped, nor will I now or in the future.

A useful way to market is to have the engineers post shit online that is true. Is it a huge market driver? Beats me. I know I like my software crafted with care and try to patronize the companies that do it.

[โ€“] MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We're going to see more and more of this. The tools are getting a bit better but without expert supervision and limiting the use cases for LLM generation, it's going to be a shit show.