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The difference is that the resulting software is useless, buggy, unpolished, will only be used by the person who prompted it and only for about three days befor

The difference is that the resulting software is useless, buggy, unpolished, will only be used by the person who prompted it and only for about three days before they get tired of it, and that nothing was learned.

mathieudombrock 4mo ago
That's what I'm not getting about these kinds of posts. What is the point of sharing this? It's just a bunch of nothing.
- asadm 4mo ago
  It's still software. It's on frontpage because people (like me) found it a good starting point for things we wanted ourselves but were too lazy to prompt.
kyle-ssg 4mo ago
Hey, actually my goal is to stop using my IDE, it'll be one less subscription for me. So I won't get tired of this, I plan on using it daily. I've spent quite a few years obsessing over software quality so I won't accept unpolished and buggy!
- applfanboysbgon 4mo ago
  Everyone who vibe codes something over the weekend thinks that their vibe coded software will be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Then they realise that as they continue prompting, it takes disproportionately large amounts of effort to see any progress as program complexity rises and the token predictor begins tripping over itself more and more. At least use it daily for a month rather than saying you plan to use it, then try showing it. If you could actually get through a month of using and prompting on the project without getting tired of it, that would already put you ahead of 99.9999% of vibe-coded projects. As it is, literally anyone could prompt for this over a weekend, so what value does showing this have?
  - kyle-ssg 4mo ago
    I do agree with some of this principle, if I sat blasting prompts with all the things I could think of, of course it won't end well. Strong regression tests and good patterns are needed. RE a month usage, that is a good idea, I will use it for a month and do a more long-form post. I've been using it since I started building it, and have not touched my IDE, thats the goal. All commits to the repository have been made via the tool itself.
asadm 4mo ago
I think you are just afraid for your job.
- applfanboysbgon 4mo ago
  Not in the least. If an IDE worth using could be built in two days, we would have seen one with widespread adoption months ago. There is a world of room to improve on existing IDEs, but nobody has done it yet. The only real attempt we've seen is a couple of forks of VSCode adding a chatbot prompt to the UI. What I am is sick of Show HN having become complete trash with nobody putting effort into anything, displacing all the cool little projects that people used to make.

mathieudombrock 4mo ago

That's what I'm not getting about these kinds of posts. What is the point of sharing this? It's just a bunch of nothing.

asadm 4mo ago
It's still software. It's on frontpage because people (like me) found it a good starting point for things we wanted ourselves but were too lazy to prompt.

kyle-ssg 4mo ago

Hey, actually my goal is to stop using my IDE, it'll be one less subscription for me. So I won't get tired of this, I plan on using it daily. I've spent quite a few years obsessing over software quality so I won't accept unpolished and buggy!

applfanboysbgon 4mo ago
Everyone who vibe codes something over the weekend thinks that their vibe coded software will be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Then they realise that as they continue prompting, it takes disproportionately large amounts of effort to see any progress as program complexity rises and the token predictor begins tripping over itself more and more. At least use it daily for a month rather than saying you plan to use it, then try showing it. If you could actually get through a month of using and prompting on the project without getting tired of it, that would already put you ahead of 99.9999% of vibe-coded projects. As it is, literally anyone could prompt for this over a weekend, so what value does showing this have?
- kyle-ssg 4mo ago
  I do agree with some of this principle, if I sat blasting prompts with all the things I could think of, of course it won't end well. Strong regression tests and good patterns are needed. RE a month usage, that is a good idea, I will use it for a month and do a more long-form post. I've been using it since I started building it, and have not touched my IDE, thats the goal. All commits to the repository have been made via the tool itself.

asadm 4mo ago

I think you are just afraid for your job.

applfanboysbgon 4mo ago
Not in the least. If an IDE worth using could be built in two days, we would have seen one with widespread adoption months ago. There is a world of room to improve on existing IDEs, but nobody has done it yet. The only real attempt we've seen is a couple of forks of VSCode adding a chatbot prompt to the UI. What I am is sick of Show HN having become complete trash with nobody putting effort into anything, displacing all the cool little projects that people used to make.