"Part of me thinks this can't be sustainable – pretty wild numbers for what I assume are lots of PMs, designers, and indie makers building stuff – because I still don't know the longevity of these kinds of businesses."
Some time back, Lovable announced that 75% of their traffic comes from apps built with the tool, not the builder itself.
To rephrase: for each pageview generated by an aspiring vibe coder, there are (at most) three from actual users. At most, because an aspiring vibe coder will be the first to play with their creation. And for some scenarios, testing in the builder is entirely unfeasible.
It's equivalent to saying "no one uses any of these."
So why should we expect these apps to be viable product ideas again?
Don't get me wrong, I love Lovable as a plaything. But assuming a significant portion of these new websites (they claim 10% of all new websites are Lovable's) have the capabilities of becoming commercial products is absurd.
On Lovable:
"Part of me thinks this can't be sustainable – pretty wild numbers for what I assume are lots of PMs, designers, and indie makers building stuff – because I still don't know the longevity of these kinds of businesses."
Some time back, Lovable announced that 75% of their traffic comes from apps built with the tool, not the builder itself.
To rephrase: for each pageview generated by an aspiring vibe coder, there are (at most) three from actual users. At most, because an aspiring vibe coder will be the first to play with their creation. And for some scenarios, testing in the builder is entirely unfeasible.
It's equivalent to saying "no one uses any of these."
So why should we expect these apps to be viable product ideas again?
Don't get me wrong, I love Lovable as a plaything. But assuming a significant portion of these new websites (they claim 10% of all new websites are Lovable's) have the capabilities of becoming commercial products is absurd.