‘Programming Is Hard’ — Epic Says It ‘Vibe-Coded’ the New Version of Its Games Launcher

Epic thinks you'll love its new vibe coded game launcher

Gross, Tim. Gross.

Epic Games' new store is fully vibe-coded, and they're so proud of it they're taking shots at Steam

The Epic Games Store's new version is fully vibe-coded, meaning AI generated most of it while humans played a minimal role.

‘Programming Is Hard’ — Epic Says It ‘Vibe-Coded’ the New Version of Its Games Launcher

Following reports of an AI push, Epic Games has revealed that the new EGS Launcher was "vibe coded" using artificial intelligence.

Epic says it’s ‘vibe coded’ its new Epic Games Launcher with AI, because ‘programming is hard’

The new launcher is “light on features” but at least has a shopping cart…

"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

Days after a report emerged about them imposing an "AI-first" production model on the devs of a new Disney shooter, Epic Games have released a new version of their launcher in preview form. It's been "vibe coded" with aim of making it "faster than the other guy". That other guy is Steam, something the yacht gag in the second paragraph of the announcement post makes even more obvious.