

RPS’s article has the most accurate title: “We vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher” because “programming is hard”, announce company we’re somehow supposed to see as a serious Steam competitor


RPS’s article has the most accurate title: “We vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher” because “programming is hard”, announce company we’re somehow supposed to see as a serious Steam competitor


The OP acknowledges the vibe coding, but the opening from Epic’s announcement is worth quoting:
Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look.
It’s like they’re saying “Our launcher sucks and we couldn’t fix it, so we used AI to make a new one”. Other companies have been able to make good launchers without AI, but Epic just couldn’t do it.
Obviously Bose-Einstein condensate accumulates on headphones, not windows. Duh.


Yes, Windows 11 uses a lot of memory now. The point is that they’re working on making it use less.


Perhaps it should have been wide adoption that led to a boom, instead of a boom in hope of adoption?
If the Republicans get stomped in the midterms they’ll get productive on fucking things up in the time they have left before the changeover.