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ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Amen. I’ve tried the vibe coding thing but it’s frustrating because a) too often the AI output has some profound problems and it gets annoying ‘babysitting’ it; and b) I usually prefer the challenge of figuring out syntax and implementation issues myself.

If something is taking too long I’ll ask the LLM. But I feel like if I do this too much my skill set will atrophy and I’ll lose my sharpness. So it’s a balancing act.

But this brings up another wider question: where is the line between “occasionally getting AI help” and “vibe coding”? Surely it’s subjective.

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Buffalobuffalo@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The definition may have changed but I feel like originally it was only vibe coding when the “dev” did not know what they are doing. When some one with little to no programming background is able to build and app on “vibes” alone.

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- Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Also applies when the dev could know what they’re doing, but just doesn’t care to.
  
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- dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Well then, I’ve been doing this all wrong.
  
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- webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  My first interpretation of vibe coding was to code for fun and personal enjoyment without worrying about industry standards or deployability. More often see with self-taught youth.
  
  I felt like i have been doing this for years before ai became a thing.
  
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MagicShel@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I don’t think the two cross, really. A vibe coder asks for a bunch of features and then starts refining the output, fixing bugs and adding features. A developer knows the specific architecture and from years of writing tasks knows how to break work into manageable chunks and uses AI to implement something they have already defined and know where it fits in. The skill to write a good story isn’t far off from sitting a good prompt.

I use AI all the time, and every time I hear someone describing vibe coding it makes my skin crawl.

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pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’d say the use cases of: mundane but time consuming, pointed inquiries or interactive rubber ducking, are all getting AI help. Offloading a design where you don’t have a clear understanding of how it should be done is vibing.

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