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Not realistic, it’s too thick for a book on vibe coding… Unless it’s vibe-written
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I saw this comment a while ago, and I still stand by it: If vibe coding works, where are all the “million dollar idea” apps?
They’re going viral on Twitter then getting exploited because the database is exposed
Vibe coding only works for “I need a one time use python script that processes this data and I can’t be assed to spend 2 hours remebering how to use Pandas right now.”
Not for million dollar apps.
Of all the AI use cases, coding is honestly the one that makes sense since like 90% of coding is just copying some other code and massaging it into place. Even as a “Vibe Coder” you kind of still need to know the idea of what code you need and what you want it to do.
Even as a “Vibe Coder” you kind of still need to know the idea of what code you need and what you want it to do.
I’ve fiddled with it a bit. IM(limited)E, you tend to get the best results if what you tell it you want broadly, and then in a significant level of detail, and especially if you tell it to ask you any questions it has about the design. So something like “I want you to build an app in $LANGUAGE that does $TASK on $PLATFORM. As I see it, I think the interface should look like $DETAILED_DESCRIPTION_OF_INTERFACE and here’s what should happen when those elements are interacted with, Please ask as many questions as you think are necessary for clarity.”
Also, unless you’re setting it to require personal approval for every terminal command, I’d only run one of those in a VM of some kind, where any potential damage from any potential fuckups are limited.
I mostly use the web version of Claude. But generally my approach has been to start simple and build bigger.
“I want a website that does X.”
“Can you add a dark mode toggle.”
“I don’tlike those colors, can you make it more blue.”
“Can you add a log in function with a simple database backend that doesn’t use a full SQL install. Users should be able to add a profile image and username.”
“The first user should be an admin and can add or remove other admins.”
“Admins can change the theme colors on a settings page.”
That sort of thing. Start basic, add features, usually one by one, test as you go, see what breaks, if anything.
I feel that as a system analyst I’m pretty well placed to vibe code, as my day job is explaining business requirements in precise enough language that programmers can implement the changes
I appreciate the touch of making this with generative AI. Unless someone went to the effort of deliberately writing “VIbc coam” on the spine.
I didn’t even notice that, lmfao good catch
“You are right, there is a bug. It could be in the Linux kernel. Let me download the source code and debug…”
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That’s what happened with “Rockstar” developers a few years ago…
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Hi, Super Nintendo Chalmers
Crave for electrolytes.
Oooh if you want the actual look with an animal sketch, do one of that orangutan trying to use a hammer and nails.
A hammer and screws.
“Wow, what great coding! You’re totally a viking!”
Vlbo coam
That’s the book spine.
Great alt-text. Thank you for adding it to the image in your post!
Go banana!
You choo-choo-choose my code?
Why does the book already look like its 20 years old
That’s what vibe coding does to one
I just let the Ai write all my code and spend all my time looking for the bugs it creates.
Its not so fulfilling mentally since I dont think anymore, but sure, goes fast and lots of code is produced.
Also its the new normal now and I think humans can only be faster if they know the domain very well already.
Most of us are working with apis we dont know every method of by heart, so its quite slow to write code manually, even if its correct.
Which means this entire profession will be about fixing Ai bugs by telling it whats wrong and let it retry until it works.
Vibe coding, where everyone is a middle management tool
Ohh please tell me this was written entirely by AI without a real person with a working brain going through it
Apparently the image itself is AI generated which is kind of an ironic twist
