Engineer Vibecodes Personal Apps Replacing Subscriptions

An engineer describes building several macOS apps—Jabber, Reel and Hugora—over weekends using LLM-assisted “vibecoding,” replacing $10–$15 monthly services like Wispr Flow and Loom. The projects were created in hours without prior Swift experience and work for personal workflows, though the author notes they are not production-ready. The trend suggests small standalone apps may become features rather than independent products.