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Recently, I’ve seen a lot of people promoting apps on forums. These are apps that they have coded themselves and are trying to monetize. There are many reasons why you shouldn’t pay for these apps.
Your data is one step away from disaster
Vibe-encrypted apps may not be secure
Vibration coding It’s really impressive. With just a few prompts, you can have AI chatbots generate impressive apps that actually work without having to write a single line of code. With time and effort, you can refine your application into something that, at least on the surface, does exactly what it’s supposed to do.
However, if you have ever used an AI chatbot for more than five minutes, you will know that they can hallucinate. Not only are they wrong; sometimes they actively make things up out of nothing. The problem is, if you’re coding an app with no coding knowledge, you have no idea when this happens.
Vibe-encrypted applications may contain important security risksas plain text password storage or broken authentication due to faulty code. When you give the app your payment details and personal data, you’re not only trusting the developer to keep it safe; you’re trusting every crazy line of code the AI model wrote.
No one checked the work, including the seller.
Closed source means lack of scrutiny
I see a lot of projects online where the application is quite specific and would only apply to a small subset of people. For example, about the home assistant subreddit, there are regular posts from people who have created an application that can do a specific job.
The whole ethos of Home Assistant is that it is free and open sourceso trying to monetize it already goes against everything that Home Assistant represents. Generally, when people create projects, host them on GitHub so anyone can examine the code and see exactly how they work.
However, with closed source applications, this is not the case. No one else can take a look at the code to see if it’s sound or if it’s a total mess full of potential security issues. With open source software, people who know how to code can verify the work and warn others if things look bad, but with shake-coded applications, no one has verified the code, and that probably includes the “developer” themselves.
The tone is usually a warning.
Creating an app in a weekend is not a selling point
Many times, these vibration-encoded applications are revealing. They include statements like “I made this in a weekend” or “I built this alone in less than 48 hours.” This is not something to be proud of; It is a clear indication that the app has been created hastily and without proper care and attention.
Real applications take time to build. If something was put together on a weekend, then it is highly unlikely that there was any adequate testsvulnerability scanning or searching for edge cases. It means that, at best, the app is likely to break when you try to do something the developer hasn’t considered, and at worst, the app could put all your data at risk.
Unfortunately, not all vibration-encoded apps make things so obvious. Some posts will try to hide the fact that the app was created with AI. Vibe-coded apps can look polished and professional, so it’s not always easy to tell.
However, there is often a clue to pay attention to. People who use AI to write applications for themselves also tend to use AI to write forum posts for them. If there is a post promoting an app and it appears that the post was written using AI, then there is a reasonable chance that the app is as well.
If they can do it, so can you.
Why pay when you can do it yourself?
This is the biggest problem with people trying to sell vibration encoded apps. If the developer does not have any coding skillsthen they built everything using AI models and some prompts. Then they want you to pay them money for what they have built.
However, if they can create the app using AI, someone else can too. If you see an app that looks like it’s vibrate encoded and someone is trying to sell it to you, you may be able to vibrate encode your own version of an app that does the same thing.
If you rely solely on vibration coding, your app may have the same risks and problems as the one they’re trying to sell you, but at least you’ll be aware of those risks. Since you’re creating it for your own purposes, you may also be able to remove many of the things that would make the app a security risk. If you’re running an app on your phone or your own computer, for example, you don’t need accounts, servers, or databases that store credentials, and you don’t necessarily need to send data outside of your own home.
In other words, coding your own version of an app with Vibe will not only save you from having to pay for it. It could also reduce the security risk.
Vibe coding has its place
Don’t get me wrong, vibration coding can be very useful. I have used it for create simple applications for my personal use. That’s the point; When you can do it yourself, there’s no reason to pay for someone else’s poorly built app.
