To those of you feeling called out: Vibe coding is not about letting GPT find your missing semicolon or create that weird for-loop for you, but crafting the whole source code from scratch for a person who can’t program at all.
I’ve used it to craft a quick PowerShell or bash oneliner, or to get familiar with a function in some python package I’ve never used. But an entire program?
Do people really do that?! I’ve just used it as a starting point for something totally unfamiliar, reworked it to suit, made sure I understood everything it spit out. I cannot imagine ChatGPT spitting out working code.
I used ChatGPT a few days ago to build a python script that takes a link in my clipboard and runs a yt-dlp command to download it to one of my Plex folders. Had to fettle a few details, but all told it took me about half an hour from start to finish.
I have absolutely no idea how to write a python script, so I’m incredibly happy with the output.
However, I’m not trying to use it to get paid, so I guess that’s OK.
I used it to write a simple query today and felt disgusting. It feels like I used a lazy way instead of doing research to find the right Syntax. I did research before using it, but the documentation wasn’t clear, so I used it.
It sounds likely it should be something cooler than being able to type a question to a computer. Like, if I was really good at Ask Jeeves, could I be a Vibe Bro too?
I don’t need to code a lot but the few times I asked AI for a simple code ( like vba or batch script) it messed up. How do you mess up VBA!? It took more time for me to correct than to just type.
“vibe coded/coding” means using something like Chat-gpt to output code, if anyone is wondering.
To those of you feeling called out: Vibe coding is not about letting GPT find your missing semicolon or create that weird for-loop for you, but crafting the whole source code from scratch for a person who can’t program at all.
I’ve used it to craft a quick PowerShell or bash oneliner, or to get familiar with a function in some python package I’ve never used. But an entire program?
Do people really do that?! I’ve just used it as a starting point for something totally unfamiliar, reworked it to suit, made sure I understood everything it spit out. I cannot imagine ChatGPT spitting out working code.
They do. The result is usually as expected. Either full of security holes or the recipe site is advertising cyanide ice cream.
I sincerely believe the actual “AI apocalypse” will simply be things like critical infrastructure being run on “vibe code.”
I honestly think we are heading to a world similar to the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops world.
I used ChatGPT a few days ago to build a python script that takes a link in my clipboard and runs a yt-dlp command to download it to one of my Plex folders. Had to fettle a few details, but all told it took me about half an hour from start to finish.
I have absolutely no idea how to write a python script, so I’m incredibly happy with the output.
However, I’m not trying to use it to get paid, so I guess that’s OK.
I used it to write a simple query today and felt disgusting. It feels like I used a lazy way instead of doing research to find the right Syntax. I did research before using it, but the documentation wasn’t clear, so I used it.
It sounds likely it should be something cooler than being able to type a question to a computer. Like, if I was really good at Ask Jeeves, could I be a Vibe Bro too?
Yes, they’re the same thing.
Ask Jeeves had some good Easter eggs. I miss them.
Interview with vibe coder in 2025
Kai Lentit did it again
I don’t need to code a lot but the few times I asked AI for a simple code ( like vba or batch script) it messed up. How do you mess up VBA!? It took more time for me to correct than to just type.
Because it is trained on others people bad vba
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TIL people use the term vibe coding unironically.