I've vibe coded almost a dozen weekend projects this year and with every single one, I've done something I've never tried before. Whether it's developing for a wholly new platform, using a completely new JavaScript framework, or accessing hardware APIs I have zero experience with.
It's incredible how much you can learn by fully submitting to the vibe. Instead of spending days researching the tools I'd like to use, I'm just using them. In the process, I'm learning new things every single day. The learning experience is much more intense than it has ever been in my rather long coding career.
I've never learned as much about programming as I did in the last year. Insane. If this isn't the singularity, I don't know what is.
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It's so much fun to move so fast. Feels like I grew up with a horse and buggy and am now driving around in an SUV
is it? I've been trying to learn, feel like I suck at coding, and using agents or AI feels like cheating. do you let it write most of the code or what? is it really learning if you're just passively reading?
not trying to shit on what you said I'm genuinely just curious about how to approach learning with it. I want to be a really good programmer, and I often see people saying then don't use AI because otherwise you're not learning anything.
Truly
I worry about the security of vibe coded apps.
If youβre reviewing the code youβre merging, itβs quite simple to see where the security flaws are. Mostly, fine-combing all network calls will cover your buns. Thereβs additional nuances to look out for, but itβs not as worrisome as you might think with the proper due diligence. Iβm sure @calle has that under control!
you re speaking my mind. did it take over any sleep tho?
same here, in Linux with the help of AI and accomplished so much. Finished many small and big projects which were hanging there for ages. 6 months and ....its exponential learning curve.
What are your favorite tools to vibe code ? #asknostr
Same here - but how do you feel about not coding by hand anymore. I feel that i somehow lost a little bit the joy (watching the ai do things while i wait and "instruct") instead of instructing, i felt actually doing it by hand made me "happier".
Learn by doing is key
Awesome.... π
For kids learning to code, would you recommend it?