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1. rsavage · 1790577517 · focus · HN ↗

   So many companies (including mine) built software to replace spreadsheets - but of course spreadsheets are great because you can do anything you want.

   When there is no 'standard' way of doing things, you end up writing feature after feature to meet all the different ways people want/need to use the software to replace their spreadsheets.

   Eventually it just becomes a huge messy. If instead we allows our customers to customize the software themselves, so each customer got what they needed, but still had the core backend, data, and shared functionality shared between them maybe we could build simpler software again that also does.

   Maybe they can just vibe everything themselves, but vibe coded features feel like a solid middle ground.

   I know of rough.app and vendo.run trying to allow vibe coded features, but I haven't seen anything take off like lovable yet. Is there something out there that is being widely used that lets any software become malleable?

   1. Ouman · 1790580535 · focus · HN ↗

      Maybe the real lesson from spreadsheets is that the customization layer isn't a feature, it's the product

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