David GerardMar 6

there are people who attempt to distinguish AI-assisted autocomplete from substantially AI-assisted code from raw braindead Gas Town vibe coding

this is not a useful distinction as they *all* end up at the third one

you can tell when they start posting the *same* hype phrases all the others use

there is no moderation on the krokodil advocacy train

Show threadPaco HopeMar 7
@davidgerard This post is actually too meme-dense for me. I don’t get the references to Gas Town and krocodil. What are they?
Show threadNeo EhproqueMar 7
@paco @davidgerard I assumed it was this but may be wrong about it; no idea what gas town is, either
Show threadNiels Abildgaard
@ehproque @paco @davidgerard gas town is an AI agent orchestration tool by Yegge. You'll find lots on it if you search "gas town ai". Here's one of David's posts on it: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/22/steve-yegges-gas-town-vibe-coding-goes-crypto-scam/
Steve Yegge’s Gas Town: Vibe coding goes crypto scam

Steve Yegge is a renowned software developer. He’s done this for thirty-odd years. Senior engineer at Amazon then Google, blogger on the art of programming. Yegge was highly regarded. Then he got h…

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Show threadbogosityMar 7
@nielsa @ehproque @paco @davidgerard
I don't know why he called it Gas town ai when Gasl*AI*ght was right there.