I vibe-coded a dog birthday app. We still need developers.

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I vibe-coded a dog birthday app. We still need developers. I used to be a developer, many decades ago, but I'm not one any longer. The languages I spoke are all dead, and I've long forgotten their grammar, anyway. But all the vibe coding talk these days has whet my appetite. Could I build an app and make it available to the public without learning anything at all about modern coding languages, deployment platforms, back-end architectures, authentication mechanisms, and all the other things I've heard people need to know about nowadays? Read more 20 mins

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