I wouldn’t call it “successful” or “useful”. It was a low effort attempt to make something interesting and it wasn’t. It’s a response to the hype of vibe coding. Lowers the bar for what good software really is.
Perhaps you may want to question your bias and ability to process criticism.
Anyone who shares their ideas publicly will receive criticism. Not only is it ok, it’s helpful to expand the discussion beyond your bias.
> It was a low effort attempt to make something interesting and it wasn’t.
Maybe to you, but others in this thread found it interesting.
> Lowers the bar for what good software really is.
Software is a means to some end, not the end in itself. I can make the best coded software that does nothing [0], there is no point to that other than to practice one's skills, but again, those skills are to achieve something in the end.
The issue is that your criticism is misguided and not very helpful. In your parent comment you totally miss the forest for the trees. Or, the reason why this app has been made in the first place.
Further, your suggestions are inactionable, and again, miss the point. It’s a low effort - “Lol, why don’t you just…”. No, the point is not to find skin cancer. The point is to show a bunch of pictures to people who are interested, and let them see if they can identify worrying skin lesions.
Perhaps you may want to question your bias and ability to process criticism.
Anyone who shares their ideas publicly will receive criticism. Not only is it ok, it’s helpful to expand the discussion beyond your bias.