Hot Take | From watching this unfold, the AI doomers and vibers are missing (or refusing to see) one massive point:
They’re simply bad at programming, bad at project management, bad at writing and they’re vibers at heart.
Those three skills are exactly what you now need to use Codex, Claude, or Grok effectively and efficiently. The people getting 10-50x leverage treat AI as a force multiplier for real competence, not a magic replacement for vibes.
The recent Microsoft cost blowup proves it, they have low-tier engineers (and vibers) who don’t know how to drive these tools properly.
AI rewards competence. That’s why it terrifies the doomers.
“AI is so expensive”
No, it really isn’t.
I burn $150: on Claude/Codex every month and ship what would’ve cost hiring someone $8k
Stop comparing it to free.
Compare it to the alternative.