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• crabmusket3 hours ago
  This is interesting, and I think worth trying. However,<p><pre><code> The process is iterative: Vibe code users &lt;--&gt; Vibe code software Step by step, you get closer to truly understanding your users </code></pre> Do not fool yourself. This is not &quot;truly&quot; &quot;understanding&quot; your &quot;users&quot;. This is a model which may be very useful, but should not be mistaken for your users themselves.<p>Nothing beats feedback from humans, and there&#x27;s no way around the painstaking effort of customer development to understand how to satisfy their needs using software.
  • bahmboo40 minutes ago
    I agree. I do like the general idea as an exploration.<p>Perhaps the idea is to use an LLM to emulate users such that some user-based problems can be detected early.<p>It is very frustrating to ship a product and have a product show stopper right out of the gate that was missed by everyone on the team. It is also sometimes difficult to get accurate feedback from an early user group.
• wiseowise47 minutes ago
  Another fart in the wind. How to write lots of “programming philosophy” and say nothing.
• fainpul1 hour ago
  This is ridiculous. I doubt this would work with a general AI, but it surely cannot work with LLMs who understand exactly nothing about human behaviour.
  • josters46 minutes ago
    They may not understand it but they may very well be able to reproduce aspects of feedback and comments on similar pieces of software.<p>I agree that the approach shouldn’t be done unsupervised but I can imagine it being useful to gain valuable insights for improving the product before real users even interact with it.