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Re: Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app

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Post by jumploops »

Glad you finally found Claude Code useful, Tom ;)

On a more serious note: I've found that for debugging difficult issues, o1 Pro is in a league of it's own.

Claude Code's eagerness to do work will often fix things given enough time, especially for self-contained pieces of software, but I still find myself going to o1 Pro more often than I'd expect.

A coworker and I did a comparison the other day, where we fired up o1 Pro and Claude Code with the same refactor. o1 Pro one-shotted it, while Claude Code took a few iterations.

Interestingly enough, the _thinking_ time of o1 Pro led us to just commit the Claude Code changes, as they were both finished in around the same time (1 min 37s vs. 2+ minutes), however we did end up using some feedback from o1 to fix an issue Claude hadn't caught. YMMV

Re: Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app

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Post by antonvs »

PeterHolzwarth wrote: post #53
simonw wrote: post #43

Earlier 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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Because it allows readers to get the information straight from the source, instead of relying on some random unsourced comment that's probably going to mangle the definition of a term as nebulous as "vibe coding".

Re: Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app

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Post by ninetyninenine »

tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #61
MrVandemar wrote: post #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 i…

Programming is not art. In the end, nobody will care whether software was painstakingly hand-chiseled by humans in a dungeon or "vibe coded", as long as the result is good enough. (I'd argue that art will "suffer" from the same "problem".) What is notable here is that someone is demonstrating that the systems are reaching a quality where this is possible. > Did any of it make you a better programmer? By conventional…

Programming is more art then anything since it's definitely not a science, nor is it mathematics or engineering.

It's similar in principle to architecture or interior design.

Re: Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app

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Post by motorest »

rkuodys wrote: post #68
iambateman wrote: post #24

I also wrote a recipe simplifying website, so this is a fun project to see. Incredible work! Probably the main value engineers have for a maintenance project is context. I wonder what happens when we fully cede context to the machines... Today, I got a request at work for a feature ("let's offer coupons!") that I thought would take a week. That was until I found out that another engineer wrote most of the code last y…

I have similar thoughts and I have come to conclusion that that's the beauty and the curse of this technology. If one relies too much on it - it's gonna be a curse. However, if technology is used with care - it's a beauty. Not only does it keep SWE jobs "secure" - it really helps a lot for those who know what they are doing. I think in the end AI will be more advanced tool, but a tool nonetheless. Like methodologies…

> I have similar thoughts and I have come to conclusion that that's the beauty and the curse of this technology.

I agree. When I read these articles on vibe coding I can't help to think that these guys are basking in the glory of the impressive maze they built around themselves. Of course running these things in production and having them reach the state of legacy code is an entirely different thing. Building a maze is one thing, having to run around it is an entirely different challenge.

It's like one of those world expos: everything looks fantastic, but the moment the event ends everything just crumbles.

Re: Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app

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Post by selcuka »

apgwoz wrote: post #75

Help! I just made the Diarrhea Walnuts ( https://www.recipeninja.ai/recipe/r_N1VSPtXzCJVV3l/diarrhea-... ) recipe and it turns out I am allergic to Walnuts! I am throwing up everywhere! You’re gonna be hearing from my lawyers!

> Preheat oven to 950 Kelvin

I believe I'm going to need a new oven...

Re: Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app

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Post by atemerev »

brcmthrowaway wrote: post #36

How does one learn to vibe code

By practice. It requires some skill too, to constantly remove slop and keep the project from deteriorating. Usually by suggesting good architecture, asking for tests, and rewriting / cleaning up some bad code endlessly. Still much faster than manual development.

Re: Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app

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Post by vunderba »

DidYaWipe wrote: post #30

What is "vibecoded" supposed to mean?

It's a term to describe using an agentic LLM based assistant to write the majority of the code but without even taking the bare minimum of time to review the output. I laughed when people naively claimed that it was intended for proof-of-concepts only and would never be used in actual "production".
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