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How to make programming terrible for everyone https://jneen.ca/posts/2026-03-27-how-to-make-programming-terrible-for-everyone/

By @jneen

This is probably one of the best articles I've read on vibecoding vs traditional coding! And "Interpretation, Predictability, Discoverability" are all great ways to evaluate programming languages in general.

how to make programming terrible for everyone | jneens web site

how to make programming terrible for everyone

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Fabio Neves 🇨🇦🇧🇷1d ago

@cwebber @jneen Yet I’m forced to use it or I’ll lose my job. So yeah. 🫠

The article is absolutely amazing BTW. There are some situations at $job right now that are this close to approaching the quine situation. I do what I can to keep things sane but now I have to actively work on side projects to prevent skill atrophy.

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jneen collective

@fabio @cwebber a thing i didn't end up putting in was "if the tool is good it wouldn't be necessary to force people to use it"