· Amit Kothari
· AI Workflows and Operations
Vibe coding killed Zapier - what replaces it is not another Zapier
An a16z general partner told the 20VC podcast the vibe-code-everything thesis is flat wrong - software is just 8% to 12% of company costs. He is half right. Vibe coding does gut the connector marketplace, but auth, retries, observability and ownership remain. What replaces Zapier is the substrate that runs generated code.