Vibe Coders might be serious, but I cannot take them seriously, especially when they say "It is a must-have skill".
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Yes.
I “vibe code” anything that is throwaway. If it’s throwaway code I don’t care about the quality, I just want the end result.
For everything else, I don’t vibe code.
There are definitely people who use AI as a crutch for their lack of technical skills. It’s the same folks who used to try to get coworkers to “help” and slowly built their tickets by cycling through teammates.
I “vibe code” anything that is throwaway.
Same here. It's surprisingly easy to get quick results with a few prompts for one-time scripts without putting any effort in.
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Just to clarify, I google a lot while coding, but one thing I learnt from my engineering degree is that is there is no 'best' solution.
"Googling a lot while coding" is not even remotely close to vibe coding, please don't gaslight yourself into that.
When you read up on things, you know what you're looking for. You read a potential solution (e.g. part of a documentation, an example, someone else's solution, a solution to a similar problem), you think about it and transfer that to your own problem, with your own code, with your own thoughts.
Using AI support is totally fine too - it's a smarter code completion, nothing more. It might spit out something wrong, something partial, something good. You might ignore it as with the regular completion. In the end, it's still you thinking about it, modifying it until it works, and doing your thing.
"Vibe coding" is basically saying tech jesus take the wheel. And it might go well for someone who cannot code, who managed to create their small game or some website. It will go horribly wrong for any project handling user data, sensitive data, or something that needs to be maintained after. We've had more than enough examples of that.
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Is "vibe coding" a real thing? I thought it was a meme.
Wtf, his first step for vibe coding is to turn on a purple light, put on blue blocking glasses and headphones?
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Wtf, his first step for vibe coding is to turn on a purple light, put on blue blocking glasses and headphones?
If you're referencing the video, I didn't watch it. It was a serious question because I don't know whether using LLMs for any large scale coding task is a (terrible but real) thing or an elaborate joke. It's hard to tell with some of the hideously stupid bullshit that has been happening in the last few years (e.g. NFTs).
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If you're referencing the video, I didn't watch it. It was a serious question because I don't know whether using LLMs for any large scale coding task is a (terrible but real) thing or an elaborate joke. It's hard to tell with some of the hideously stupid bullshit that has been happening in the last few years (e.g. NFTs).
Lol I didn't watch it at first either. I was gonna ask you "wtf is vibe coding?" but then figured I should watch the video first.
Best I can tell is you put on some mood lighting, glasses, and music. Then have AI build a program for you. The guy in the video legitimately thinks this is a solution for getting rid of 80% of your software development team.
