Vibe coding involves developers prompting AI to generate code and has gained traction in Silicon Valley, appearing on some job listings. People often overpredict that new technologies will eliminate older ones, as exemplified by mobile growth alongside continued PC use. Productivity software is expected to persist and be augmented by vibe coding rather than disappear. New tools can coexist with and enhance existing systems, creating additive workflows. Venture investors consider both emerging and established technologies, observing patterns of prolonged persistence followed by rapid decline in some cases.
For example, one of the memes right now is vibe coding is going to wipe out productivity software," Hoffman said. "What I think you'll see is productivity software will continue, and then vibe coding is going to add on to it.
Like, a classic one is when mobile started growing, people said PCs are over. And what happens is PCs grow-like mobile grows a lot more - but like PCs have continued," Hoffman said.
But it's not going to be like suddenly productivity software is going to go away. That's the pattern that people need to understand.
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