I’ve been thinking, would it be worth creating a separate community for AI coding related articles and discussion? I know there is !Aii@programming.dev, however AI coding has a lot of overlap with !programming@programming.dev.
I know some people have expressed they aren’t interesting in reading these articles, so a separate community would make it easier for them to filter them out. Rather than simply vote them down as they aren’t interested in the topic.
Or is it better to have broad communities in Lemmy given the current number of users?
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I’ve been tempted to make my own thread on this. There’s too many AI related posts and I, personally, really don’t want to see them. So for me it’s really a question of whether to introduce a rule to disallow AI related posts (and move them to a dedicated community), or me having to stop participating in this community altogether.
I think posts about LLM technology itself can be interesting, but random self promoting blogspam from founder types and tech bros about how they’ve found the secret to using “agentic programming” responsibly is the most boring thing imaginable. So yes, if it has to exist please put it somewhere else.
I say yes. I’m wholly uninterested in the topic and do not consider vibe coding to be programming. It’s just the speculative art of prompting.
I still have my reservations, but I’ve changed my mind about “vibe coding”.
Juniors vibe coding? Awful idea. It stunts learning. Non-programmers vibe coding? Aside from small scripts, anything exposed to the internet is a dangerous thing.
Experienced programmers who already know what they’re doing? Code assistants can be a bliss for tired fingers and wrists.
Although I am very, very sceptical about the value of LLMs in the programming context this is now a reality that we have to face. Looking the other way won’t solve the issues surrounding the topic. I don’t think a separate community is necessary or helpful.
As much as I dislike AI, programming is a field where there’s always something for someone to hate. E.g., should we ban C++ articles because there’s a lot of Rust fans that hate them?
Your two options are not exclusive. Just create a community to discuss AI programming, cross post to the generic programming community if you think it’s relevant, and let people upvote/downvote as they see fit.
I am all for “Vibe coders” having their own community and not associating with this one. I recommend the name “codemonkeys@aislop.dev”.
Thank you everyone for your input. I have created a separate community, !aicoding@programming.dev, for AI coding related discussions.
Did people at !Aii@programming.dev express that they aren’t interested in reading these articles, too? Because an AI-related community on a programming-related instance semantically conveys the same environment as a community dedicated to AI coding specifically in my opinion.
