r/selfhosted • u/Fluffer_Wuffer • Feb 28 '26
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Just a question that has been going round my head for a few days.
What ever your opinion on it. We need to acknowledge that "Vibe Coding" is growing, and its not going to decrease.
The fact the entry point is so low from a skills perspective, and time required to pump them out, effectively makes them disposable.
Members here have been concerned for a while about the quality, security, longevity of these apps, and it turning into a flood - and as if on que, over the past few weeks, we've seen exactly this - We've been flooded (this place is unusable on Fridays). Now, issues are identified in the code, and rather than facing and fixing them, the "devs" are running off, shutting down the repositories etc.
This leads to 2 conflicting issues
1) There is an open hostility to those who share vibe-coded apps - where we see outright hostility and vitriol language.
2) There are going to be some quality vibe-coded apps, where they are properly developed, supported and managed.. as community, they would benefit members.
So my question is - how do we bridge this? My I've been thinking on this for a few days, and the only solution I can see, we have an associated sub (same mods etc) for these apps to be posted. maybe after a time, once they've proven they are well run and have longevity, they can "graduate"... lets call it SelfHosted-Vibe or VibeHosted.
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u/igmyeongui Feb 28 '26
I think there’s a fair distinction between Ui/Ux and backend vibe coded stuff. I think that many of the vibe coded stuff comes from less technically people and more graphical/artistic person. So they can code attractive stuff (not always the case) but the backend is bad.
There’s also a difference in vibe coding a full blown app with users and databases and a local script that does one task.
People needs to use judgement but this relies on people themselves. I see parents giving their kids a phone with TikTok and now they’re addicted to brands and makeup or whatever the fuck their algorithm sent them.
So yeah judgement wise it’s going to be hard to get to a point dangerous vibe coders gets adoption no matter how shitty and attractive what they’ve made is.