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I kind of agree that she isn't just "vibe-coding" anymore. But I think the fact that she's managing without even knowing (or caring to know) the language the c
by neutronicus 1y ago
I kind of agree that she isn't just "vibe-coding" anymore.
But I think the fact that she's managing without even knowing (or caring to know) the language the code base is written in means that it isn't really "coding" either.
She's doing the application architecture herself without really needing to know how to program.
- simonw 1y agoI frequently tell people with complicated Excel spreadsheets that they are software developers without them realizing it, so I have a broad personal definition!
- wonger_ 1y agoLLM-assisted coding? Pairing with LLMs? I've copy-pasted snippets for tools and languages that I do not know. Refactored a few parameters, got things working. I think that counts as programming in a loose sense. Maybe not software development or engineering, but programming.
- CodeMage 1y agoIt's coding, it just isn't professional software engineering. The first non-toy program I ever wrote was in BASIC, on ZX Spectrum 48, and although I don't have it anymore, I remember it was one of the shittiest, most atrocious examples of spaghetti code that I've ever seen in my life. Everyone starts somewhere.
- Izkata 1y agoHow exactly do people think those of us who are self-taught got started? I was picking apart other peoples' javascript to see how it worked years before I was taught anything about coding in a formal setting.
- skydhash 1y agoPretty much this. My first programming experience was going through books/forums and copy-pasting stuff. It wasn't until years later that I cared to know how to create an actual project with an IDE.