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A veteran developer with 20+ years of experience argues that LLMs haven't lowered the real barrier to building meaningful software — taste. While AI tools make it easier to generate code, they amplify the existing problem of people overestimating their taste and skill. The flood of derivative, poorly conceived vibe-coded apps on platforms like Hacker News is framed not as a sin of using LLMs, but of lacking the taste and skill to clear a minimum threshold of quality. The author draws a parallel to the crypto hype cycle and predicts the noise will taper as people face disappointment and learn proper etiquette.

No Skill. No Taste.