Last 6 months vibecoding, I feel I have learned very little. You learn things like a high level executive or a manager. I can describe things at a very high level, but remain clueless how things work at the implementation level. It is just whatever code quality, architecture, common sense I learned earlier is carrying me through. Platforms like Codecrafters will be badly missed.
Pausing New Challenges – Codecrafters
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#12Really sad. I completed SQLite this year and I absolutely loved it. At the same time, I am no longer coding by hand and am realizing that it's almost impossible to learn anything new vibecoding. There are no incentives for that.
Yes , I had so much fun implementing sqlite from the scratch . Incidentially it was right about the time I started trying claude code. I did the last challenge in sqlite to scan with an index using claude code and I was blown away. It actually solved it.
Re: Pausing New Challenges – Codecrafters
#13An alternative I've tried is to ask Claude Code to create programming exercises or challenges on some topic and then ask it to check my work after every step while giving feedback. It worked surprisingly well, so this is the right call for CodeCrafters because AI is far more effective and cheaper at creating educational content and being a personal tutor.
It would depend on the complexity of the challenge. Knowing that a knowledgeable human took the time to verify the project/exercise gives a learner confidence that they are in the right track, not going down a path of hallucinations
Re: Pausing New Challenges – Codecrafters
#14sad