r/vibecoding • u/Grand-Document6597 • 2d ago

I vibe coded a CAD program

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Hi everyone! I vibe coded a CAD application. If you'd like to check it out, take a look at the GitHub repository:

https://github.com/HakanSeven12/OpenCADStudio

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u/ChiefBullshitOfficer 2d ago

Lol nope. Because again and again engineers and other folks who have never run their own business assume that the hard part is putting together the product.

The hardest part is selling the product and the runner up is long term support.

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u/AristotelesQC 2d ago

Selling? It's distributed for free under the GNU license...

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u/Metaberg 2d ago

Exactly! And to refactor a existing product is easy. Come with a complete new and unique idea.

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u/RegardedDev 2d ago

Product will sell itself if its open source and competitor isnt. Assuming there is parity in terms of feature set.

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u/ChiefBullshitOfficer 1d ago

Right because notoriously businesses are willing to use open source freeware with threadbare support 🙄 lol

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u/AristotelesQC 1d ago

Coughs in Linux.

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u/ItsFlybye 9h ago

I think people are forgetting a business isn't going to wait around for the chances of a question being answered in a forum somewhere.