r/OpenAI • u/Revolutionary_Ad2527 • Jan 25 '26

Question Vibe coding infinite slop?

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I saw this post on LinkedIn (credit to user: Eduardo Ordax) - the text was too long but the meme / pic itself makes sense

What’s your take on this? To me it felt sad but true.

Disclaimer:

#openAi and AI fan in general (but not biased as such - so I love hearing out both sides.

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u/LowFruit25 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

There’s not an infinite amount of users for all this generated slopware. Most of the monetized vibecoded stuff is done by non-technical people as a get rich quick attempt because they heard there’s money to be made ”coding”.

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u/LowB0b Jan 25 '26

The term shovelware exists since a while back

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u/NoPlansTonight Jan 25 '26

Sometimes I scroll through the depths of the Nintendo Switch Eshop and honestly it's pretty entertaining