I think I'm turning into a vibe coder
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Recently, what have been working for me is to take a day off just to explore stuff that interests me related to programming. I've been learning sleep states and working on the Rust track on Exercism.
The productivity boost that you get from Claude Code should be reinvested into learning your subject area deeper, rather than just churning out more superficial code.
It makes me happier this way. Experiencing flow is the best way for me to feel happy, and programming was the most reliable way to achieve that before Claude Code / Codex.
The productivity boost that you get from Claude Code should be reinvested into learning your subject area deeper, rather than just churning out more superficial code.
It makes me happier this way. Experiencing flow is the best way for me to feel happy, and programming was the most reliable way to achieve that before Claude Code / Codex.
Yeah, I think in order to become an actual senior developer you'll need to do actual coding and not only vibe coding. Otherwise you'll never get the full understanding of how things actually work.
Around that time, I went to a vocational school for web development, mainly because I wanted the student benefits. But there I discovered that programming was much deeper than I thought, and I realized I wasn’t as good as I believed. I knew how to do things, but I didn’t understand *why* things worked in a specific way.
So I started learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript again and spent about a year on it. But to be honest, I wasn’t the best listener because I thought I already knew a lot. Because of that, I also started learning other things like Python and Django.
My lecturer was very good. He saw some potential in me, and outside of the syllabus, he started teaching me Node.js and Express so I could understand how the backend works. I studied that for about 3 - 4 months.
After that finished, I continued learning Django by myself. Around that time, my lecturer gave me the opportunity to work on my first paid project, but it was in Laravel. So I started learning Laravel, but I only learned the basics - how to set up routes and a little bit about how Blade works.
I don’t really have much experience with PHP or Laravel. I understand how to organize code, like where things should go, how to set up databases and connections, choose the right folders for files, and basic architecture.
The problem is that for about *six months, I haven’t written a single line of code*, and when I realized that, I was terrified. Those six months passed because I was working on my second paid project using AI tools (Codex is pretty smart ^^). But now I feel like I’ve forgotten many things, JavaScript, React, Express, and other things I used to study.
I still understand the concepts, but the syntax, and even some concepts, are gone. I also have very little motivation to deeply learn PHP and Laravel because AI can write most of the code.
And honestly, I feel alone. My dream is to become a *senior developer*, lead a team, and create really good digital products. But now I realize that I’ve become a *“vibe coder”*, even if I’m a somewhat capable one. Because of that, I feel bad and a bit lost.
Any advice would be really appreciated.