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#52How does one learn to vibe code
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#53What is "vibecoded" supposed to mean?
See https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383 for when it was coined by Andrei Karpathy. I've written more about it here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/ and here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/23/semantic-diffusion/
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#54Thank you for that ice water recipe, really wouldn't have known how to do that: https://www.recipeninja.ai/recipe/r_8Pq0RPfvVGf2Xw/ice-water...
Re: Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app
#55Impressive! 35 kLOC is quite a bit. I wonder how straightforward and maintainable this app ended up to be. This would require taking a look at the sources. While good Rails code tends to be very terse, frontend may be quite voluminous. > I believe within a couple of months, when things like log tailing and automated testing and native version control get implemented This sounds a bit too optimistic, especially around…
Since I wrote the blog post, I actually added automated tests which Windsurf / Claude Code runs before committing any change. It saved me a lot of headaches when the LLM decided to make random logic changes for no reason.
Would you mind describing the process for this in a bit more detail?
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#56Is this a serious thing? If so, I'd like to know where I can purchase the wasp meat required to make this recipe: https://www.recipeninja.ai/recipe/r_NYrbOKZEyqrp7r/wasp-meat...
What is a good place to find and purchase rat meat? https://www.recipeninja.ai/recipe/r_8cj5RcE1Bl0lt7/rat-burge...
There's also apparently a hairstyle? https://www.recipeninja.ai/recipes/hairstyle
Re: Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
See https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383 for when it was coined by Andrei Karpathy. I've written more about it here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/ and here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/23/semantic-diffusion/
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I clicked that link for you so you don't have to:
"There’s a new kind of coding I call “vibe coding”, where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists. It’s possible because the LLMs (e.g. Cursor Composer w Sonnet) are getting too good. Also I just talk to Composer with SuperWhisper so I barely even touch the keyboard."
Re: Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app
#58Amazing! Truly the frontier of technology. Now imagine if every recipe was an NFT, stored in the blockchain!!
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#59Ok, I think this is actually the best recipe app I've used. Well done!
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#60"Still, I was determined not to write any code ... I just sat laughing as the computer wrote code."
I can pop over to Midjourney and be determined not to draw a single line and "sit there laughing" as it draws the Mona Lisa in the style of Salvador Dali but with a turnip instead of a person.
How is this any different? What is ultimately notable about it? Did any of it make you a better programmer?
I'm always deeply impressed when people devote significant chunks of their time to achieving extraordinary results. I'm entirely baffled, however, that there's anything at all interesting about using an AI interface to build an AI interface to connect you to AI slop.
You could have spent 20 hours planting trees or doing some kind of community serivce, and the world would have been a far better place.