Jarry Xiao(@jarxiao):The lack of mainstream breakout vibecoded apps reveals a truth about building: the first 95% has always been easy. Building apps pre-AI was never bottlenecked by cognition, it was just tedious. The next few years will reveal whether that last 5% is a skill gap or taste gap.

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Jarry Xiao@jarxiao

2026.07.12 20:48

The lack of mainstream breakout vibecoded apps reveals a truth about building: the first 95% has always been easy. Building apps pre-AI was never bottlenecked by cognition, it was just tedious. The next few years will reveal whether that last 5% is a skill gap or taste gap.

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