> This is the true potential of "vibe coding". Someone who can't program, but knows what they need
I would argue that the real money, and the gap right now, is in vibe tasking, not vibe coding.
There are millions of knowledge workers for whom the ability to synthesize and manipulate office artifacts (excel sheets, salesforce objects, emails, tableau reports, etc) is critical. There are also lots of employees who recognise that a lot of these tasks are "bullshit jobs", and a lot of employers that would like nothing more than to automate them away. Companies like Appian try to convince CEOs that digital process automation can solve this problem, but the difficult reality is that these tasks also require a bit of flexible thinking ("what do I put in my report if the TPS data from Gary doesnt show up in time?"). This is a far bigger and more lucrative market than the one made of people who need quick and dirty apps or scripts.
It's also one that has had several attempts over the years to solve it. Somewhere between "keyboard automation" (macro recording, AutoHotKey type stuff) and "citizen programming" (VB type tools, power automate) and "application oriented LLM" (copilot for excel, etc) there is a killer product and a vast market waiting to escape.
Amusingly, in my own experience, the major corps in the IT domain (msft, salesforce, etc etc) all seem to be determined to silo the experience, so that the conversational LLM interface only works inside their universe. Which perhaps is the reason why vibe tasking hasnt succeeded yet. Perhaps MCP or an MCP marketplace will force a degree of openness, but it's too early to say.
I would argue that the real money, and the gap right now, is in vibe tasking, not vibe coding.
There are millions of knowledge workers for whom the ability to synthesize and manipulate office artifacts (excel sheets, salesforce objects, emails, tableau reports, etc) is critical. There are also lots of employees who recognise that a lot of these tasks are "bullshit jobs", and a lot of employers that would like nothing more than to automate them away. Companies like Appian try to convince CEOs that digital process automation can solve this problem, but the difficult reality is that these tasks also require a bit of flexible thinking ("what do I put in my report if the TPS data from Gary doesnt show up in time?"). This is a far bigger and more lucrative market than the one made of people who need quick and dirty apps or scripts.
It's also one that has had several attempts over the years to solve it. Somewhere between "keyboard automation" (macro recording, AutoHotKey type stuff) and "citizen programming" (VB type tools, power automate) and "application oriented LLM" (copilot for excel, etc) there is a killer product and a vast market waiting to escape.
Amusingly, in my own experience, the major corps in the IT domain (msft, salesforce, etc etc) all seem to be determined to silo the experience, so that the conversational LLM interface only works inside their universe. Which perhaps is the reason why vibe tasking hasnt succeeded yet. Perhaps MCP or an MCP marketplace will force a degree of openness, but it's too early to say.