Brian SlettenFrom @garymarcus on BlueSky:
A computer scientist’s perspective on vibe coding:
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@bsletten @garymarcus @ericsedge strong disagree that many of those examples qualify as equivalent to vibe coding.
To me, this is an elitist view of what qualifies as “real” coding being equated with getting a computer to make shit up.
Of the tools listed which I have used, *none* are the same as LLM or vibe coding.
We should do better, and stop gatekeeping on real people solving real issues with the tools that allow them to code.
ChatGPT, Copilot, etc. do not teach *any* coding principles in the way those tools do, and it’s beneath any sensible person to suggest there is an equivalence here.
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Eric's Edge@europlus @bsletten @garymarcus
I consider the vibe coding results in seeing as a much more efficient search engine than anything else. It doesn’t understand anything obviously, but the results are better than a raw search and relying on my increasingly worse memory. I often find I recall having run into a problem before and can’t remember how I solved it forty years ago.
I consider the vibe coding results in seeing as a much more efficient search engine than anything else. It doesn’t understand anything obviously, but the results are better than a raw search and relying on my increasingly worse memory. I often find I recall having run into a problem before and can’t remember how I solved it forty years ago.
@europlus @bsletten @garymarcus the language feature hallucinations are the most frustrating to me. I’ll correct it and the LLM will enthusiastically agree then make the same error in the next prompt.