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Re: Show HN: Vibe coding a bookshelf with Claude Code

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> What I needed was not a better app, but a way to tolerate imperfection without the whole system falling apart. > Claude did not invent that idea. It executed it. > Claude handled implementation. I handled taste. This style of writing always gets me now :)

This style of writing isnt human. Its AI.

^^ These dramatic statements are almost always AI influenced, I seem to always see them in people's emails now as well. "we didnt reinvent the wheel. we are the wheel."

Re: Show HN: Vibe coding a bookshelf with Claude Code

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I love this, the end result looks so good. Something you don’t really mention in the post is why do this? Do you have an end goal or utility in mind for the book shelf? Is it literally just to track ownership? What do you do with that information?

Thanks! Honestly, there’s no big utility behind it. I didn’t build it to optimize anything or track data, it just felt good to make. I want my website to slowly become a collection of things I do and like, and this bookshelf is just one of those pieces.

I like that it's fun, and that is what AI vibe coding should be.

Re: Show HN: Vibe coding a bookshelf with Claude Code

#36

> What I needed was not a better app, but a way to tolerate imperfection without the whole system falling apart. > Claude did not invent that idea. It executed it. > Claude handled implementation. I handled taste. This style of writing always gets me now :)

This style of writing isnt human. Its AI. ^^ These dramatic statements are almost always AI influenced, I seem to always see them in people's emails now as well. "we didnt reinvent the wheel. we are the wheel."

We can learn useful rhetorical techniques from AI that can help us clearly communicate. We should separate those babies from the bathwater.

Re: Show HN: Vibe coding a bookshelf with Claude Code

#38

These are the perfect size projects vibe coding is currently good for. At some point you hit a project size that is too large or has too many interdependencies, and you have to be very careful about how you manage the context and should expect the llm to start generating too much code or subtle bugs. Once you hit that size, in my opinion, it's usually best to drop back to brainstorming mode, only use the llm to help…

  These are the perfect size projects vibe coding is currently good for.
So far... it's going to keep getting better to the point until all software is written this way.

Re: Show HN: Vibe coding a bookshelf with Claude Code

#40

> What I needed was not a better app, but a way to tolerate imperfection without the whole system falling apart. > Claude did not invent that idea. It executed it. > Claude handled implementation. I handled taste. This style of writing always gets me now :)

This style of writing isnt human. Its AI. ^^ These dramatic statements are almost always AI influenced, I seem to always see them in people's emails now as well. "we didnt reinvent the wheel. we are the wheel."

Yeah, I know, I just feel like at this point it's useless to call that out.
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