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Maybe I'm out of touch with the times, but I wouldn't feel safe riding an e-scooter with custom vibe coded firmware.
by wkjagt 22d ago
Maybe I'm out of touch with the times, but I wouldn't feel safe riding an e-scooter with custom vibe coded firmware.
- m00dy 22d agoIf it is coded in safe Rust, why not ?
- malnourish 22d agoSafe rust does not mean correct logic; best not conflate the two. You could have perfectly safe rust that disables brakes above a certain speed, inverts steering by wire, or adjusts the charging parameters, for example (depending on addressable capabilities).
- gohomeloser 22d ago[dead]
- m00dy 22d agoI meant something deeper.
- IshKebab 22d agoYou don't have to fully vibe code it. Most of this stuff doesn't take massive brains, it is just super tedious - especially the reverse engineering. I've never really had the patience for that (except one USB devices that I did reverse engineer when I was younger). AI really helps with the tedium.
- GuB-42 22d agoWhat make you think it is vibe coded? There is no mention of genAI being used, and the methodology looks more consistent with hand-written code he actually understands.
- exe34 22d agoWhat makes you think the original wasn't vibe coded?!
- thenthenthen 22d agoThe firmware on these things is terrible, also larger e-mopeds btw. Like a 2 second delay on the throttle after breaking (fun when cornering!). Happy this Egret GT E-Scooter didnt turn into..’Regret’
- wkjagt 22d agoI was replying to j_m_b's comment, not the article. But you're right, the article doesn't sound like they vibe coded it.