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Fun software but the only issue with Instant is their pricing. Once they gain adoption, I expect them to significantly raise their rates, I can seen them charging over $1 per GB easily. And like with any vendor lock-in, you’re stuck paying whatever they decide to charge. Observe with caution I'd say


> vendor lock-in

For what it's worth, Instant is fully open source. The UI, the sync engine, and the multi-tenant database live here:

https://github.com/instantdb/instant


Vendor lock-in from vibe-coded apps is going to be brutal. It's an all-out turf war.

But hey, rewriting the plethora of vibe-coded long tail* apps might be a major source of employment in the future.

* small but loyal and profitable userbases


Why lock-in? The interface is just a conversation and the non-programmer won't know whether it's InstantDB or whatever else in the background, as that's the whole point of vibe coding. I can only see issues taking out your data into another system, but even that can be vibe coded (can it?)




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