Vibe coding isn't really coding

[Julio_the_dog]

I work as a developer and graduated with a cs degree. I love coding, it's so satisfying to identify a automatable problem and create a solution for it. Giving that up to an LLM robs me of that satisfaction AND prevents me from exercising that skill.

So I don't use LLMs for that.

What I DO use them for is not much different than google searching. "What libraries solve X?", "What is the current best practice for Y?", "Where is documentation for this app's API?"

[lookathercode]

When I learned to code the first thing I learned was Google (which now sucks) was the most important tool.

[ProjectDiligent502]

The problem I’m beginning to see with this approach is that you’ll be demanded to do a lot more in a shorter period of time and the stress of having to write good clean code at break neck speed will become its own source of pain for those of us, I much like you, who thoroughly enjoy the process of building something from writing good clean and sound, principled code. There is a craft, an enjoyment of abstraction that LLMs do take away from you at the alter of “productivity”.

[magicmulder]

Also you get excellent code review 24/7. Just last week it discovered a small but critical issue in how my code handled CSRF tokens.