Vibe Coding Is The Future They Said

The tech industry's relationship with the word "open" is like that ex who said they wanted an "open relationship" but actually meant "I want to see other people while you stay committed." On the left, we've got "Open" VPNs with fine print that would make a lawyer blush: "free" (after you pay), "unlimited" (for exactly two people), and source code you can view from such a distance you'll need the James Webb telescope. And then there's "Open" AI on the right—about as open as Fort Knox during a security drill. "Open research" (coming never), "open models" (just trust us, bro), and an "open culture" where sharing is strictly forbidden. After 15 years in tech, I've learned that "open" is corporate-speak for "we'll keep it open until we've captured enough market share to slam the door shut." Classic bait-and-switch, now with 100% more paywalls!

OH. MY. GOD. The sheer AUDACITY of this meme is sending me! 💀 When Google compliments your data? Totally fine! Everyone's just THRILLED about the multi-billion dollar corporation harvesting your search history and personal details. "Nice data, Susan" *chef's kiss* SO APPROPRIATE! But heaven FORBID some random TikTok algorithm does THE EXACT SAME THING and suddenly it's "Hello, government?" and national security threats! The double standard is ASTRONOMICAL! Like, pick a lane, people! Privacy? In this economy? Please! Your data's been sold more times than that sweater you keep returning to H&M!

The perfect digital ouroboros doesn't exi— Trying to check if Cloudflare is down? Too bad, the downdetector site itself is protected by Cloudflare. It's like asking the bartender if he's at work by calling the bar, but he's the only one who answers phones. The irony is so thick you could route packets through it. Somewhere, a network engineer is staring blankly at their monitor, questioning every life decision that led to this moment.

The eternal Microsoft login loop - where "Stay signed in" is the digital equivalent of pushing a crosswalk button that's not connected to anything. You check that box with such hope, such optimism... only to be asked for your credentials again 15 minutes later. It's like Microsoft's authentication system has the memory of a goldfish with amnesia. The "Don't show this again" checkbox might as well say "Click here to feel like you have control over something in your life." Pure digital gaslighting at its finest.

Regular folks: *clicks video* "Neat!" Developers: *narrows eyes* "I refuse to corrupt my recommendation algorithm with this trash. Time to deploy incognito mode, the digital equivalent of wearing a disguise to buy embarrassing products." The paranoia is real. We've all done the "copy link, open incognito" dance just to watch ONE cat video without YouTube thinking we want to rebuild our entire personality around felines. It's not paranoia if the algorithms really are out to get you.

Congratulations, you've just built an entire programming language in 5 lines. Someone spent years architecting Python's interpreter, and you just speedran it with eval() . This is basically a REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) that takes user input, evaluates it as Python code, and prints the result. In an infinite loop. You know, exactly what the Python interpreter does. Except this one has the security posture of leaving your front door wide open with a sign that says "free stuff inside." The beauty here is that eval() does all the heavy lifting. Want to execute arbitrary code? Done. Want to potentially destroy your system? Also done. It's like reinventing the wheel, except the wheel is already attached to your car and you're just adding a second, more dangerous wheel. Pro tip: Never, ever use eval() on user input in production unless you enjoy surprise job openings on your team.