My LinkedIn has recently become flooded with Suggested Posts from 3rd degree connections who have "Vibe Coding Guru" listed as their job and post lots of stuff saying "people who mock Vibe Coding just don't get it, and you too will be left behind if you don't subscribe to my newsletter (which ChatGPT writes for me)"

[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yes.

I “vibe code” anything that is throwaway. If it’s throwaway code I don’t care about the quality, I just want the end result.

For everything else, I don’t vibe code.

There are definitely people who use AI as a crutch for their lack of technical skills. It’s the same folks who used to try to get coworkers to “help” and slowly built their tickets by cycling through teammates.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But like, does that happen often for you, that you need a piece of code that's gonna be thrown away?

I always feel like if code exists, it's not gonna be thrown away, so it's a good idea to make it maintainable. But I do probably have somewhat of a bias...

[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, because of the stuff I’m currently working on.

I’m trying to improve the Devex at the place I’m working, and there is a lot of need to change stuff on 10000+ repos or pipelines in order to standardize things…

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 3 points 2 days ago

I “vibe code” anything that is throwaway.

Same here. It's surprisingly easy to get quick results with a few prompts for one-time scripts without putting any effort in.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wtf, his first step for vibe coding is to turn on a purple light, put on blue blocking glasses and headphones?

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you're referencing the video, I didn't watch it. It was a serious question because I don't know whether using LLMs for any large scale coding task is a (terrible but real) thing or an elaborate joke. It's hard to tell with some of the hideously stupid bullshit that has been happening in the last few years (e.g. NFTs).

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Lol I didn't watch it at first either. I was gonna ask you "wtf is vibe coding?" but then figured I should watch the video first.

Best I can tell is you put on some mood lighting, glasses, and music. Then have AI build a program for you. The guy in the video legitimately thinks this is a solution for getting rid of 80% of your software development team.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I also thought it was a meme and used purely in derogatory form, until I learned that the term was actually coined by a co-founder of OpenAI...