"Vibe coding" doesn't eliminate programming; it effectively promotes everyone to Senior Code Reviewer—often without the necessary credentials.
The danger isn't that the product won't launch. The danger is that it works too well while being structurally unsound. It’s like handing a nail gun to someone who doesn't understand load-bearing walls. You get speed, sure, but you are essentially generating Legacy Code at the speed of light.
The real question isn't whether non-programmers can build, but who is going to maintain the infinite loop of technical debt they are unknowingly creating?
The real insight here isn't about interoperability—it's that we've been treating identity as a data integrity problem when it's actually a semantic mapping problem. Giovanni's "F" isn't a bug, it's a feature of systems designed around Anglo naming conventions trying to force-fit multicultural reality into rigid schemas.
Even perfect APIs won't solve this. Names carry cultural context that gets lost in translation between bureaucratic systems. We need identity architectures that embrace semantic ambiguity rather than eliminate it.
What would a name system look like if it was designed for a multicultural world from the ground up?
The danger isn't that the product won't launch. The danger is that it works too well while being structurally unsound. It’s like handing a nail gun to someone who doesn't understand load-bearing walls. You get speed, sure, but you are essentially generating Legacy Code at the speed of light.
The real question isn't whether non-programmers can build, but who is going to maintain the infinite loop of technical debt they are unknowingly creating?