内容来源：https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/chad-the-brainrot-ide-is-a-new-y-combinator-backed-product-so-wild-people-thought-it-was-fake/

内容总结：

【科技前沿】当硅谷现实比喜剧更荒诞：编程工具内嵌"摸鱼"功能引争议

在近日的TechCrunch Disrupt科技大会上，前推特首席执行官迪克·科斯托罗坦言HBO讽刺剧《硅谷》重启无望——这位曾参与剧本创作的前高管指出，当今硅谷的现实已荒诞到"超越讽刺的边界"。

最新佐证来自本周从Y Combinator孵化的初创公司Clad Labs。其推出的"Chad编程环境"因设计过于离奇，被众多网友误认为是"十一月发布的愚人节玩笑"。这款被称作"脑退化IDE"的产品，竟在程序员等待AI生成代码的间隙，内置了短视频浏览、约会软件滑动、迷你游戏甚至赌博功能。公司官网宣称："这并非玩笑，我们正在解决AI编程时代无人提及的效率难题——通过将消遣活动嵌入开发环境，避免程序员因切换界面而分心。"

该设计在社交平台引发两极反响。部分用户斥其"助长堕落"，也有人认为这直击了AI编程工具响应等待时的痛点。科技播客TBPN联合主持人霍迪·海斯发文痛斥此为"loser的愤怒诱饵"，质疑知名孵化器YC为何推广此类产品。但创始人理查德·王向TechCrunch强调，产品初衷并非博取骂声，而是希望为消费级应用开发者打造真正受喜爱的编程工具。

目前这款处于封闭测试阶段的产品正通过邀请制构建用户社区。无论其最终成败，这款游走于荒诞与创新边界的产品已然印证：在光怪陆离的当代硅谷，现实永远比戏剧更具魔幻色彩。

中文翻译：

当推特前首席执行官迪克·科斯托洛在TechCrunch Disrupt大会上发言时，有观众问他HBO的热门讽刺剧《硅谷》是否会复活。曾担任该剧编剧的科斯托洛给出了否定答案（详见视频38分17秒处）。他解释说，虽然编剧团队经常讨论这个想法，但最终没有推进，因为当今真实的硅谷已经荒诞到无法被 parody。

最新例证便是本周从Y Combinator孵化的新公司Clad Labs。其产品构思如此天马行空，以至于人们以为这是十一月发布的愚人节玩笑。但创始人Richard Wang向TechCrunch确认这是真实产品。这款名为“Chad：脑退化IDE”的产品本质上是又一款氛围编程集成开发环境——IDE即程序员用于编码的软件——但别出心裁之处在于：当等待AI编程工具完成任务时，开发者可以在IDE窗口内沉迷于自己最爱的“脑退化”活动。

用公司官网的宣传语来说：“边写代码边赌博，刷TikTok短视频，划Tinder交友软件，玩迷你游戏。这不是玩笑——这就是Chad IDE，它正在解决AI驱动开发中无人提及的最大生产力难题。”创始人声称该IDE通过辅助“场景切换”提升效率，论证逻辑是：当你在IDE内部进行脑退化活动时，AI完成任务后你能立即回归工作，而非沉溺于手机或浏览器。

社交媒体X上的反应两极分化。有人认为这是虚假讽刺，也有人认为这是个绝妙或糟糕的主意。

无论喜恶，每个人都对此持有观点，包括狂热支持科技的播客TBPN联合主持人乔迪·海斯。他发表了题为《愤怒营销是失败者把戏》的评论文章，其中谈及Chad IDE时表示：“一方面这很滑稽，另一方面我不禁要问：我们究竟在做什么？为什么这种东西能出现在YC官方账号上？”他主张类似Chad IDE和Cluely的产品已将愤怒营销从宣传噱头升级为“产品策略”，而这种现象本不该出现。他敦促YC开始教育创业者“愤怒营销是失败者的选择”。

这番建议尤其值得玩味，因为海斯作为创始人曾精通不带负面情绪的病毒式营销。他与妻子莎拉创立的融资平台Party Round就因友善的营销噱头走红，例如发行顶级“暖心”风投的NFT版本。（该平台于2024年更名为Capital并出售给Rho。）

Wang向TechCrunch表示，批评者未能理解其脑退化IDE的本意并非愤怒营销。创始人希望它能成为消费级应用开发者真心喜爱的AI氛围编程工具，为这类人群提供类似消费级应用的IDE体验。尽管产品真实存在，但目前尚未公开开放。“我们正处于封闭测试阶段，”Wang透露。目前Chad正试图构建认同该理念的用户“社区”，Clad Labs希望尽快向公众开放，但现阶段用户必须获得测试人员邀请才能使用。

毫无疑问，特定类型的开发者会钟爱Chad。但无论这款产品前景如何，有一点毋庸置疑：当下的硅谷已荒诞到几乎无法被 parody。

英文来源：

When former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt, someone from the audience asked him if HBO’s hit satire “Silicon Valley” would be revived. Costolo, who was a writer for the show, essentially answered no (at timestamp 38:17).
While the writers talk about that regularly, he said, they don’t pursue it because today’s actual Silicon Valley is so bizarre, it can’t be parodied.
The latest case in point is a new company called Clad Labs that launched out of Y Combinator this week. Clad’s product is so outside-the-box that people thought it was an April Fools’ joke in November.
But it’s a real product, founder Richard Wang told TechCrunch. The product is called “Chad: The Brainrot IDE.” It is yet another vibe coding integrated development environment — an IDE is the software developers use to code — but with a twist. While waiting for the AI coding tool to finish its task, the developer can mess around with their favorite brainrot activities within a window of the IDE.
Or, as the company’s website advertises: “Gamble while you code. Watch TikToks. Swipe on Tinder. Play minigames. This isn’t a joke — it’s Chad IDE, and it’s solving the biggest productivity problem in AI-powered development that nobody’s talking about.”
The founders say their IDE increases productivity by helping with “context switching.” Their argument is, by doing your brainrot activities within the IDE itself, as soon as the AI is done with the task, you’ll get right back to work rather than be focused on your phone or browser.
Reaction on X was mixed. While some people thought it was a fake satire, others thought it was a good — or a terrible — idea.
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Like it or hate it, everyone had an opinion, even Jordi Hays, co-host of the enthusiastically pro-tech podcast TBPN. Hays penned a post on the product called, “Rage Baiting is for Losers.” In it he said of Chad IDE: “On one hand it’s funny. On the other hand, what are we doing here and why does this belong on the official YC account?”
He argued that products like Chad IDE and Cluely have moved rage bait from a marketing gimmick to a “product strategy” and “it really should not be.” He urged YC to start teaching founders that “rage baiting is for losers.”
This is particularly interesting advice from someone who, as a founder, had mastered viral marketing without rage. Hays and his wife Sarah founded Party Round, a funding startup that went viral for their friendly marketing gimmicks like launching NFT versions of top “helpful” VCs. (Party Round rebranded to Capital and sold to Rho in 2024.)
Wang tells TechCrunch what the haters don’t get about his brainrot IDE is that it wasn’t intended to be rage bait. The founders hope it becomes a genuinely beloved AI vibe coder for consumer-app type developers. They want to give these folks a consumer app-like experience in an IDE.
While the product is real, it’s not available to the public yet.
”We’re currently in a closed beta,” Wang said. Right now, Chad is attempting to build a “community” of users who like the idea. Clad Labs hopes to open the product to the public soon, but for now, users must get an invite from someone already in the beta.
No doubt there’s a certain type of developer who would love Chad. But whatever the future holds for this product, one thing is true: It is nearly impossible to parody Silicon Valley these days.