is anyone vibe coding stuff that isn't utility software?
every time i see a vibe coding showcase it's a saas tool, a dashboard, a landing page, a crud app. which is fine. but it made me wonder if we're collectively sleeping on the other half of what software can be.
historically some of the most interesting software ever written was never meant to be useful. the demoscene was code as visual art. esoteric languages were code as philosophy. games and interactive fiction were code as storytelling. bitcoin's genesis block had a newspaper headline embedded in it as a political statement.
software has always been a medium for expression, not just function. the difference is that expression used to require mass technical skill. now it doesn't.
so i'm genuinely asking: is anyone here building weird, expressive, non-utility stuff with vibe coding? interactive art, games, experimental fiction, protest software, things that exist purely because the idea deserved to exist?
or is the ecosystem naturally pulling everyone toward "practical" projects? and if so, is that a problem or just the natural order of things?