Vibe Coding and the Future of Software Engineering

Post by antirez » Sun, Mar 02, 2025, 8:44 PM UTC

genewitch wrote: post #65

antirez wrote: post #2

As I said in one of my latest YT videos: if you can't code , sure, go all for it, the difference with x -> 0 in the denominator tends to infinity. But if you can code, there are much better ways to use generative AI to aid you in your coding tasks. Ways that will make you faster while you learn more, understand every single line of the code that is in your application, never letting badly written code go into your co…

off-topic: You made both the redis and dump1090? I recognized your handle but not why, so i googled it, and dump1090 came up; i've used both. on-topic: I have no desire to be a front-end dev but my friends don't know a front-end dev from a front-end loader, so whenever they need something thrown together i usually reach for Ghost or whatever. But now they want custom "web apps" - and that's fine, thank goodness for A…

Post by AdieuToLogic » Wed, Mar 05, 2025, 1:14 AM UTC

AlwaysRock wrote: post #86

AdieuToLogic wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I was doing some file management last weekend and wanted a little script to remove any numbers at the start of a file name and any region values at the end. I also wanted to ensure any duplicate files were moved into a separate folder so i could remove them. > I could have written that code. Not knowing precisely your desired result, the benefit of going through the effort of writing a script is experienced gained…

I get your sentiment, but I work 40+ hours a week as a swe. I write plenty of code. I don't see how writing a loop with some conditionals and regex would be beneficial. It is something that is not difficult to do, but would take time. The destination, and getting there quickly, was the only goal I was looking for.