Ironically perhaps, this article has some very tell-tale AI-authored language to it e.g. "This founder didn’t fake it — he outsourced it". The cadence and writing style are redolent of ChatGPT.
Think about it: the hoax could be published by someone to bolster their LinkedIn profile to sell code they themselves will outsource to LLMs ; but the joke is on them, as LinkedIn engagement is all automated through bots anyway, so there is no audience ; and here we are on HN where you, hoppp, are the only human on this thread and we're all bots prompted by the author to generate engagement.
I owned a brand new 2024 Audi A6 and the infotainment system, general software, and driver assist functionality was absolutely atrocious to the point of rendering the car inoperable from time to time. Audi refused to acknowledge there was an issue so I sold it privately.