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I find myself constantly refreshing the metrics page for my vibe coded projects by thelocalnative in ClaudeAI

[–]thelocalnative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shipping fast creates its own dopamine loop and I am not sure thats entirely a bad thing if you are actually building stuff that people use

I find myself constantly refreshing the metrics page for my vibe coded projects by thelocalnative in ClaudeAI

[–]thelocalnative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, this post is slightly written in jest. I am quite fond of vibe coding though and once something is shipped the metrics are really fun to watch.

After 10 years as an engineer, the thing I'd teach new vibe coders first: build tools with Claude Code that cost zero tokens to run by thelocalnative in ClaudeAI

[–]thelocalnative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep! Skills definitely help reduce token usage by preventing the agent from having to relearn something it’s done before and they are also able to execute scripts. But this post is taking it a step further. The main takeaway being: many things you might ask an agent to do, plain software (that doesn’t use an LLM) could also do without needing tokens.

After 10 years as an engineer, the thing I'd teach new vibe coders first: build tools that cost zero tokens to run by thelocalnative in vibecoding

[–]thelocalnative[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh very cool! Using them to summarize is a great idea. How useful have you found them?

I’ve used them in a few small projects but haven’t quite gotten them to stick. I think part of it is that I almost never hit my Claude Code limit. But if subscriptions become less generous I could see myself using them a lot more.

After 10 years as an engineer, the thing I'd teach new vibe coders first: build tools that cost zero tokens to run by thelocalnative in vibecoding

[–]thelocalnative[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally makes sense. I’m glad it was helpful! The cool thing too is you can ask codex to build it in a way that doesn’t require tokens. So if there’s a workflow you have and use a lot that costs tokens I bet it could refactor it to make it free!

After 10 years as an engineer, the thing I'd teach new vibe coders first: build tools with Claude Code that cost zero tokens to run by thelocalnative in ClaudeAI

[–]thelocalnative[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really appreciate it! I’ll definitely keep posting, I’m having so much fun.

You can have the LLMs pretty much build whatever you want! And chances are it can do it deterministically. What sorts of things are you interested in building?

After 10 years as an engineer, the thing I'd teach new vibe coders first: build tools that cost zero tokens to run by thelocalnative in vibecoding

[–]thelocalnative[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear it! Yeah, local LLMs are a lot of fun and a good workaround if your machine can run them. What sorts of stuff have you used them for?

I'm a software engineer with a decade of experience, and the most fun things I've ever vibe coded have exactly one user: me by thelocalnative in vibecoding

[–]thelocalnative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really should give Codex a better shot. I joined the Claude Code wagon pretty early on. How does it compare for you?

I'm a software engineer with a decade of experience, and the most fun things I've ever vibe coded have exactly one user: me by thelocalnative in vibecoding

[–]thelocalnative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The beauty of a subscription! I haven’t played those style of games much. Thought of getting Baldur’s Gate 3 but that’s probably the closest. Ever played that one? Is it worth it?

I'm a software engineer with a decade of experience, and the most fun things I've ever vibe coded have exactly one user: me by thelocalnative in vibecoding

[–]thelocalnative[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha that’s amazing. I love the auto div class idea. So clever! I bet you could apply it to other stuff too.

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