I'm tired of trying to make vibe coding work for me(youtube.com)
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I'm tired of trying to make vibe coding work for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly-GM3aYgfQ
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The video is of a person called ThePrimeagen, who is a very successful ex-netflix engineer who live-streams to a pretty massive audience, and almost certainly not the person who posted the video.
That sounds fine, maybe you're still learning to prompt for what you want but ai-assistance with manual review seems like a sweet spot instead of vibe coding (or not reviewing output at all)
So, ask ai for help on prompting or look up ways to prompt more for what you want or continue to practice?
So, ask ai for help on prompting or look up ways to prompt more for what you want or continue to practice?
> I'm tired of trying to make vibe coding work for me
PATIENT: "Doctor, when I ram my head into the wall like this, it hurts."
DOCTOR: "Stop doing that."
Seriously, it's not written anywhere that you must use vibe coding. Feel free to do other things instead:
a. Code manually
b. Code manually using a coding assistant to suggest completions
c. Use spec-driven development with OpenSpec, SpecKit, BMAD-Method, etc.
d. Use visual programming / low-code / no-code etc.
e. Use old-skool deterministic code generators that generate code from UML or some other intermediate representation
PATIENT: "Doctor, when I ram my head into the wall like this, it hurts."
DOCTOR: "Stop doing that."
Seriously, it's not written anywhere that you must use vibe coding. Feel free to do other things instead:
a. Code manually
b. Code manually using a coding assistant to suggest completions
c. Use spec-driven development with OpenSpec, SpecKit, BMAD-Method, etc.
d. Use visual programming / low-code / no-code etc.
e. Use old-skool deterministic code generators that generate code from UML or some other intermediate representation
I watched your video and what you’re saying about code quality and refactoring absolutely makes sense. On the other hand, if vibe coding gives you a chance to build something you find interesting, it’s sometimes perfectly fine to move fast, get to an MVP, and see whether it actually makes sense.
Either way, it’s a cool topic for discussion.