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Even with all these revelations, there’s still something so weird about this whole story. To go from crafting such a strong, principled app as Current to conjur
by huebnerob 2mo ago
Even with all these revelations, there’s still something so weird about this whole story. To go from crafting such a strong, principled app as Current to conjuring an AI-slop-fueled false narrative around an astrology app is such a wild swing in respectability.
- 1123581321 2mo agoCurrent was just a vibe-coded thing that blew up about a month before people started to become inured to the Claude Code look. The essay was intriguing but the app wasn’t like it. The app is essentially a standard RSS clone reader with water-themed names for folders, feeds, etc. (I paid for Current to try it when it came out.)
- huebnerob 2mo agoThat’d make sense, I don’t actually have any personal experience with Current so I was just going off the essay/site. But of course AI is quite good at making inordinately convincing versions of those.