It sounds like their employer is on the outs and in a bone-headed move to save on cost, is replacing the author's team and tech with some piece of crap vibe coded SaaS product.
They are expressing their (and their team's) bitterness over losing their jobs to something of such obvious poor quality.
I can empathize with this view. Seems like people's standards are a lot lower than they let on, and slop-ware is apparently A-OK at the right price point. Sad. But as the author points out, there will be legal consequences..
What is happening to this person sucks for sure. But one thing I have learned in this industry is the thing being replaced is always better than the thing replacing it when you talk to the team who built and run the thing being replaced.
They are expressing their (and their team's) bitterness over losing their jobs to something of such obvious poor quality.
I can empathize with this view. Seems like people's standards are a lot lower than they let on, and slop-ware is apparently A-OK at the right price point. Sad. But as the author points out, there will be legal consequences..