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YesTool not named · 30 Mar 2026

I could go on to burn cash on actual code (as a non techinical founder) but would much rather ship fast, half baked products and iterate as I go

LinkSpree on Hacker News

30% as good as the same app vibe coded through three weeks

In the thread “Ask HN: Is it just me?”

Helped: Iterating on half-baked products instead of perfecting code upfront.

… A few years ago, I had to pay a team of 4 to do an MVP that was about 30% as good as the same app vibe coded through three weeks. As a founder, I am 100% ok with the tradeoff, because I could go on to burn cash on actual code (as a non techinical founder) but would much rather ship fast, half baked products and iterate as I go. Yes, even if the cost is in tokens or correcting the agent over and over. …