They're Vibe-Coding Spam Now: AI-Generated Email Spam Surges as Barrier to Mass Personalization Collapses

Tedium·low signal

Tedium's Ernie Smith documents the rise of vibe-coded email spam — mass-personalized, AI-generated outreach that mimics handwritten pitches at industrial scale (surfaced on HN March 22). The piece argues that vibe coding has collapsed the cost floor for spam production, making previous volume-based filters inadequate. A practical concern for anyone building email-based pipelines or products.