I have less of a problem with “everyone can just do anything” or lack of innovation with the emerging phenomenon of App-ifying Everything from vibe coding and LLM, and more with the incredible waste it takes to keep generating similar things.
This article struck a chord because of the Temu name drop. I’ve definitely been thinking about how much the tech mindset is becoming fast fashion and consumerist.
When it’s marketed as how little cost it takes to just do it, the craft of It and people behind It are valued as nothing.
The power of personalization from super custom app problem solving is becoming another form of societal hyper individualization instead of learning from one another in community.
“But everyone’s bad at making at the start. They will learn.” Sure. But we didn’t blatantly waste incredible natural resources at the expense of already oppressed communities before. At least not to unprecedented levels and cruel lack of care about it.
Just adding a tweet showing the staggering rise in code on GitHub alone:
Yup, platform activity is surging. There were 1 billion commits in 2025. Now, it's 275 million per week, on pace for 14 billion this year if growth remains linear (spoiler: it won't.)
— Kyle Daigle (@kdaigle) April 3, 2026