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

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Post by tgsovlerkhgsel »

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 metrics, if the job got done well enough in less time, yes, even if less skill is involved.

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

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Post by jamesjyu »

ttd wrote: post #23

Is 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...

Also wow, pho from scratch in 30 minutes? https://www.recipeninja.ai/recipe/r_f0IwybXaymnGzp/spicy-pho...

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

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Post by viccis »

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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Instead of complaining, why don't you click the link that was spoon fed directly to your cursor for the canonical answer within 3 seconds?

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

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Post by matsemann »

nine_k wrote: post #15

Impressive! 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…

Yeah, without trying to be dismissive I'm a bit unsure where the 35kLOC are going?

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

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Post by viccis »

simonw wrote: post #43
DidYaWipe wrote: post #30

What 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/

It is so hard to reconcile my view of Karpathy as a world class instructor who does great things like making you work out gradients via the chain rule even though you don't need to anymore with this version of Karpathy.

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

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Post by rkuodys »

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 and principles, good practises etc. - they only work if you use it with care and added thought and adaptation to your case. DRY it a great principle. But sometimes it's better if you repeat yourself. For one reason or another. And these are the the tradeoffs that human in the loop should be making imho.

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

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Post by eknkc »

ttd wrote: post #23

Is 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...

80 liters of human diarrhea would be a big problem:

https://www.recipeninja.ai/recipe/r_N1VSPtXzCJVV3l/diarrhea-...

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

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Post by donbox »

ttd wrote: post #23

Is 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...

diarrhea walnuts - https://www.recipeninja.ai/recipe/r_N1VSPtXzCJVV3l/diarrhea-...
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