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glimshe 58 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Evidence of inconsistencies in evaluation process ...

Visicalc was released 2 years after the Apple II was released. Visicalc changed the world for the better faster than AI has up to this point.

reactordev 58 days ago [–]

Anthropic released Claude in March 2023. Claude Code was released in February 2025. I'd say Claude Code had about as much impact as Visicalc.

glimshe 56 days ago | [–]

But Claude Code is the apple II in my analogy. Where's the revolutionary product made with AI coding, or the company that couldn't exist without vibe coding?

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