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I don't know about anyone else, but since vibe coding, I'm making more things than I've ever made before. Just a constant stream of making, all day. Couldn't b

by stavros 8mo ago

I don't know about anyone else, but since vibe coding, I'm making more things than I've ever made before. Just a constant stream of making, all day. Couldn't be happier. I make things because I want to see them exist, not because it was hard.

teaearlgraycold 8mo ago
To be clear I’m not sure what I’m doing is vibe coding because I write some of the code and read/understand what the LLM writes. I think I’m learning less (about the code) but making more. Maybe that’s okay? There are other things to learn about. My code has users, it processes money. I user test, I iterate, I see what works and what they need.
- stavros 8mo ago
  Yeah, the term "vibe coding" is really overloaded these days. I, too, make detailed plans for the LLM, but that's just what works for me, I don't care enough to give it an exact name. I'm having fun, and that's what counts.
boznz 8mo ago
Ditto. I have done 6 projects over the last 12 months, and wrote up 3 of them on my web site, I also usually post a link either here, or hackaday, or the other maker sites, most of my work these days is repurposing broken commercial or consumer electronics by replacing the PCB's to give things a second life (eg <https://rodyne.com/?p=3380 https://rodyne.com/?p=3380>). I've been making things since 1981, vibe coding just makes it easier for me to work with more complicated stuff.
- stavros 8mo ago
  Oh man, I have that exact same CD player! That project is great, well done.
  - boznz 8mo ago
    Thanks, just browsed to your blog, I did some board designs a few years back for another guy with a horticulture business, that little ESP clock project you just did would have been ideal back then. Amazing the tech you can get for a few dollars these days.
    - stavros 8mo ago
      Seriously, it's a great time to be a hacker.
keybored 8mo ago
And I make visualizations by watching TV every day. My visual cortex just has a constant stream of making visualizations all day. All these maker types dropping that differentiator immediately in the name of pragmatism.
- stavros 8mo ago
  Yeah whatever, I'm not going to let you gatekeep my enjoyment. What's the last thing you made?
  - keybored 8mo ago
    I’ve never written “maker” in my bio. What are you trying to prove?
    - stavros 8mo ago
      That your opinion on who's a "real maker" and who isn't is irrelevant.
      - keybored 8mo ago
        It doesn’t take an aviator to see that someone who instructs a program to run a flight simulator is not a practicing pilot.
  - keybored 8mo ago
    > Yeah whatever, I'm not going to let you gatekeep my enjoyment. I see. > What's the last thing you made? Based on you outranking me in the gatekeeping hierarchy. :)
    - stavros 8mo ago
      It's been four days, let it go man.
slopinthebag 8mo ago
Usually people would try to become rich so they could pay others to make stuff for them, now you can just spend a moderate amount of money having an LLM make it for you.

by stavros 8mo ago

teaearlgraycold 8mo ago

To be clear I’m not sure what I’m doing is vibe coding because I write some of the code and read/understand what the LLM writes. I think I’m learning less (about the code) but making more. Maybe that’s okay? There are other things to learn about. My code has users, it processes money. I user test, I iterate, I see what works and what they need.

stavros 8mo ago
Yeah, the term "vibe coding" is really overloaded these days. I, too, make detailed plans for the LLM, but that's just what works for me, I don't care enough to give it an exact name. I'm having fun, and that's what counts.

boznz 8mo ago

Ditto. I have done 6 projects over the last 12 months, and wrote up 3 of them on my web site, I also usually post a link either here, or hackaday, or the other maker sites, most of my work these days is repurposing broken commercial or consumer electronics by replacing the PCB's to give things a second life (eg <https://rodyne.com/?p=3380 https://rodyne.com/?p=3380>). I've been making things since 1981, vibe coding just makes it easier for me to work with more complicated stuff.

stavros 8mo ago
Oh man, I have that exact same CD player! That project is great, well done.
- boznz 8mo ago
  Thanks, just browsed to your blog, I did some board designs a few years back for another guy with a horticulture business, that little ESP clock project you just did would have been ideal back then. Amazing the tech you can get for a few dollars these days.
  - stavros 8mo ago
    Seriously, it's a great time to be a hacker.

keybored 8mo ago

And I make visualizations by watching TV every day. My visual cortex just has a constant stream of making visualizations all day. All these maker types dropping that differentiator immediately in the name of pragmatism.

stavros 8mo ago
Yeah whatever, I'm not going to let you gatekeep my enjoyment. What's the last thing you made?
- keybored 8mo ago
  I’ve never written “maker” in my bio. What are you trying to prove?
  - stavros 8mo ago
    That your opinion on who's a "real maker" and who isn't is irrelevant.
    - keybored 8mo ago
      It doesn’t take an aviator to see that someone who instructs a program to run a flight simulator is not a practicing pilot.
- keybored 8mo ago
  > Yeah whatever, I'm not going to let you gatekeep my enjoyment. I see. > What's the last thing you made? Based on you outranking me in the gatekeeping hierarchy. :)
  - stavros 8mo ago
    It's been four days, let it go man.

slopinthebag 8mo ago

Usually people would try to become rich so they could pay others to make stuff for them, now you can just spend a moderate amount of money having an LLM make it for you.