While I'm excited for more entrants in this space. It's depressing that there's no way to measure how much effort was put in a piece of software.
The distrust I feel for "Show HN" posts is depressing.
I know this will sound absurd, but in the good old days, even the claim of having built something indicated quality. This hubris is not limited to the front page, I've experience new products from well establish companies that are horseshit because they vibe code without doing any real QA or UX polish.
The convergence of claim with product as opposed vaporware is toxic.
The distrust I feel for "Show HN" posts is depressing.
I know this will sound absurd, but in the good old days, even the claim of having built something indicated quality. This hubris is not limited to the front page, I've experience new products from well establish companies that are horseshit because they vibe code without doing any real QA or UX polish.
The convergence of claim with product as opposed vaporware is toxic.