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> To me, programs are “works on my machine” code. My main takeaway from vibe-coding is that nobody cared enough to fill that niche and expectation. And it was
by makeitdouble 1y ago
> To me, programs are “works on my machine” code.
My main takeaway from vibe-coding is that nobody cared enough to fill that niche and expectation. And it was really frustrating, yet we're getting there through convolutated, inefficient and borderline barbaric means.
People are still lamenting after HyperCard. Automation on windows or macos didn't go anywhere. Shortcuts were a better step into that direction but I feel it got stuck in the middle as Apple wasn't going to push it further. Android had more freedom yet you won't see a "normal" user do automation either.
If we're going to point the middle finger at vibe-coding, I wish we had something to point to as a better tool for the general population to quickly make stuff they want/need.
(Doing it as a professional dev is to me another debate, still with nuance in it IMHO. I'd also love better prototyping tools to be honest.)
- TiredOfLife 1y agoAlso Visual Basic and Delphi.
- skydhash 1y agoPython is not exactly a hard language to learn. But the truth is that people generally don’t like to devote time to what they deem unimportant even if the end result would be useful. I’ve seen smart people go though dense mathematics and physics books, but refuses to take an introductory course in programming.
- makeitdouble 1y agoPython is comparatively easy, but you wouldn't say it's easier than the building mechanics in Zelda TOTK for instance. I think what the target demographics want is that level of modularity and block building.