One of my coworkers was excited to tell me about the vibe coding workshop he did over the summer. He's not a programmer much at all, and I think he just... enjoyed programming. I tried to hide the deep horror from my face but I don't know if it worked.
I think he did learn some things but I am not convinced it had anything to do with having an LLM giving him code to fix and modify instead of simply copying and pasting bits of code from message boards as we did in olden times.
I live in dread for the day when my husband will come home and tell me how he's been vibe coding at work with all of the bad influences in his office.
I need to have a talk with him. You know what they say:
"If you don't talk to your husband about vibe coding he will learn about it at the office!"
@futurebird If I had children, I feel there'd be a similar obligation to have "The Talk" with them, too.
And of course, it's not just one talk. It's consistently modeling good behavior and engaging in frequent open conversation about shared values and responsibilities over the course of life.
(Given the lifelong importance, I'm shocked at the number of parents who never have The Talk even just once with their children. The power of stigma: Terrorizing parents to silence with their own kids.)
@futurebird we need to ask Zach to add another one of "the talk":
I'm an educator so it's not really helping me much. I work with examples that I understand inside and out. Easier to write them myself or take them from a book.
Yes in HS.
@independentpen @futurebird There may be some cases where llm coding tools may help with new projects but the evidence for any established project is much less rosy than the hype would suggest.
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