Vibe Coding is the new Internet Dating?

Opening excerpt

For those living pre-iPhone there was no Tinder (2012), Hinge (2013), or Bumble (2014). Primarily desktop-driven apps like OKCupid (2004), eHarmony (2000), and the original, venerable, Match.com (1995) dominated.

Swiping as a fundamental dating U/X didn’t exist yet. Instead people specialized in long-form essays about why they traveled the world with their dog, or answered hundreds of questions about their hobbies, interests, and favorite foods, so they could be matched with their soulmate.

The term “Internet dating” was whispered between friends, or told to your family reluctantly after a Thanksgiving grill session. It wasn’t something respectable people did: Going online for dates was seen as a sign of desperation. Couldn’t you just meet someone nice in the real world?

Fast forward to today: The nomenclature has changed (“on the apps”) and the expectation around their use has changed along with them. Apps have become the default dating experience around the modern world.

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