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Re: Show HN: I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rust, over a weekend

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Post by kyle-ssg »

satvikpendem wrote: post #12

This is basically what the agentic apps do already right? Like Codex, Claude Desktop, Copilot etc. Except with those I can also write commands to the AI as well as review their output all in one app rather than multiple.

Hey, by this do you mean viewing a diff of before and after? If so I get what you mean, but given how important the review is pre-PR I do always come back to IDE.

Re: Show HN: I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rust, over a weekend

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Post by mathieudombrock »

Why would you choose to have the ai use a language you don't understand? Isn't this basically admitting you had nothing to do with this project and anyone else could pay an ai to make the same thing easily?

Is this something you expect other people to use?

Are you planning to maintain this?

Are you making a point about ai capabilities?

Is this just a joke?

I guess I don't really understand the point of posts like this.

Re: Show HN: I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rust, over a weekend

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Post by iLoveOncall »

spiralcoaster wrote: post #11

Actual title: I had Claude code up a diff tool in Rust over the weekend My guess is this made it to the front page solely from the Rust boost.

That's just too funny, even the README is entirely vibe-coded and the label under the image doesn't describe AT ALL the content of the image:

> ~120fps scrolling a 37k-line package-lock.json — viewport virtualization + off-thread highlighting.

When it's a static PNG of an extremely small diff.

I'm flagging the post as spam, that's what it is.

Re: Show HN: I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rust, over a weekend

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Post by mathieudombrock »

applfanboysbgon wrote: post #19
asadm wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I had Claude code up What's the difference?

The difference is that the resulting software is useless, buggy, unpolished, will only be used by the person who prompted it and only for about three days before they get tired of it, and that nothing was learned.

That's what I'm not getting about these kinds of posts. What is the point of sharing this? It's just a bunch of nothing.

Re: Show HN: I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rust, over a weekend

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Post by bdcravens »

asadm wrote: post #13
spiralcoaster wrote: post #11

Actual title: I had Claude code up a diff tool in Rust over the weekend My guess is this made it to the front page solely from the Rust boost.

> I had Claude code up What's the difference?

To some, it's less authentic. In my mind, it's like "building" a house, when the truth it, you orchestrated contractors who did the actual work. A different set of skills, not necessarily less impressive, but probably is depending on the audience. (In my example, you wouldn't want to shoulder way into a group of tradesmen and talk about your building prowess)

Re: Show HN: I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rust, over a weekend

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Post by kyle-ssg »

applfanboysbgon wrote: post #19
asadm wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I had Claude code up What's the difference?

The difference is that the resulting software is useless, buggy, unpolished, will only be used by the person who prompted it and only for about three days before they get tired of it, and that nothing was learned.

Hey, actually my goal is to stop using my IDE, it'll be one less subscription for me. So I won't get tired of this, I plan on using it daily. I've spent quite a few years obsessing over software quality so I won't accept unpolished and buggy!

Re: Show HN: I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rust, over a weekend

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Post by applfanboysbgon »

kyle-ssg wrote: post #28
applfanboysbgon wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The difference is that the resulting software is useless, buggy, unpolished, will only be used by the person who prompted it and only for about three days before they get tired of it, and that nothing was learned.

Hey, actually my goal is to stop using my IDE, it'll be one less subscription for me. So I won't get tired of this, I plan on using it daily. I've spent quite a few years obsessing over software quality so I won't accept unpolished and buggy!

Everyone who vibe codes something over the weekend thinks that their vibe coded software will be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Then they realise that as they continue prompting, it takes disproportionately large amounts of effort to see any progress as program complexity rises and the token predictor begins tripping over itself more and more. At least use it daily for a month rather than saying you plan to use it, then try showing it. If you could actually get through a month of using and prompting on the project without getting tired of it, that would already put you ahead of 99.9999% of vibe-coded projects. As it is, literally anyone could prompt for this over a weekend, so what value does showing this have?
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