Japanese ex-AV actresses and idols are out-building big-tech AI PMs with vibe coding
A commentary published by Huxiu AI argues that Japanese former adult-film performer Noa taught herself "vibe coding" with Claude Code, shipped a polished personal site and open-sourced a structured image-prompt set on GitHub, while former Juice=Juice member Miyamoto Karin built a tour fan app in about six weeks — roughly 15 working days and 60 commits — on Claude Code with Cloudflare Workers and D1; former performer Asami Mirai pivoted to AI video and app projects. The piece contrasts them with Chinese big-tech AI product managers and cites a LatePost report that Doubao has over 200 million DAU but under 1 million yuan in daily revenue against millions in daily compute cost, along with team changes on its general chat team (Doubao's PR denied layoffs, saying 11 staff were affected, three of whom left). The author argues falling technical barriers let user-savvy individuals close the gap with big platforms.
It puts user understanding and monetization above tooling skill as the deciding factor in AI products — a pointed critique of big-tech product methodology, though its evidence is largely anecdotal and secondhand.