I'm helping my dog vibe code games • Hacker News Board

Re: I'm helping my dog vibe code games

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Post by FarmerPotato » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 6:54 PM UTC

Srsly, you need your pet in the feedback loop.

It has to produce a game that Momo wants to play.

Does Momo like to bark at cats? On screens? Introduce a bark sensor as feedback.

Or use a cat. Cats like to swipe at mice on TV. Get a touchscreen and evolve a game for cats.

Re: I'm helping my dog vibe code games

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Post by bigbuppo » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 6:58 PM UTC

lelanthran wrote: post #59

bigbuppo wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, but it rarely shits on the carpet.

> No, but it rarely shits on the carpet. What do you mean "rarely"? It still happens sometimes?

The table had a rough life before it found its forever home. Sometimes it gets scared for seemingly no reason.

Re: I'm helping my dog vibe code games

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Post by varjag » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC

lelanthran wrote: post #59

bigbuppo wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, but it rarely shits on the carpet.

> No, but it rarely shits on the carpet. What do you mean "rarely"? It still happens sometimes?

Roulette is a game of chance.

Re: I'm helping my dog vibe code games

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Post by spelunker » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC

I've been trying out vibe coding with my 4 year-old, but they quickly lose interest once we start getting into the "weeds" of implementation. Hey kiddo, which CSS library should we use for your web game?

Re: I'm helping my dog vibe code games

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Post by johnnyanmac » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC

GTP wrote: post #69

> Hello! I am an eccentric video game designer (a very creative one) who communicates in an unusual way. Sometimes I’ll mash the keyboard or type nonsense like “skfjhsd#$%” – but these are NOT random! They are secret cryptic commands full of genius game ideas (even if it’s hard to see). Your job: You are a brilliant AI game developer who can understand my cryptic language. No matter what odd or nonsensical input I pr…

That is a very succinct way to describe what it feels like to have a job that is cleaning up vibe code. Maybe (just maybe) I'd understand if this was a prototype from someone with zero budget. But you just know they are going to continue to "prototype" once they being you aboard. And many will complain about how slow everything goes because they are used to their fast iterations off of unscalable code.

Its frustrating in an interesting way. With other aspects like machine language people quickly understand that this isn't sufficient for a proper transition and compromise with it. Code being more nebulous doesn't get that grace.

Re: I'm helping my dog vibe code games

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Post by dustycyanide » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC

pixelpoet wrote: post #46

Who's a good software developer? [scritches]

hilarious, I'm in the office and had to try pretty hard not to laugh out loud

Re: I'm helping my dog vibe code games

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Post by rob » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 7:03 PM UTC

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Re: I'm helping my dog vibe code games

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Post by _joel » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 7:08 PM UTC

Dog vibe coding is great and all, just don't use it for red teaming ;)

Re: I'm helping my dog vibe code games

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 7:14 PM UTC

spelunker wrote: post #74

I've been trying out vibe coding with my 4 year-old, but they quickly lose interest once we start getting into the "weeds" of implementation. Hey kiddo, which CSS library should we use for your web game?

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Re: I'm helping my dog vibe code games

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Post by heliumtera » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 7:19 PM UTC

blibble wrote: post #50

love the article slightly concerned tomorrow morning's top HN story will be karparthy telling us how dog-based LLM interfaces are the way of the future and you'll be left behind if you don't get in now (and then next week my boss will be demanding I do it)

Please, be real.

There will be a Simon Wilison submission linking to his blog linking to karpathy xit. You know, the usual good stuff.