Artificial Intelligence
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Vibe coding playbook:
1) discover a task that would be a good candidate to automate and save a bit of time. Ask AI for a script that does that task. Get back something that resembles code but does not work.
2) do some research to find out what’s missing, then write a very detailed prompt describing exactly how to make the script and what tools to use.
3) get an improved result that passes around variables that are not used, and references libraries and methods that do not exist.
4) go down a google/stackoverflow rabbit-hole for every error, finding and implementing substitute libraries that exist or are compatible with the other tools used.
5) develop expert level knowledge of the domain to the point that you could write the whole thing yourself and lecture on the finer points and trade-offs.
6) only at this point do you find a reference on Reddit to an open source git repo that does the exact thing you wanted from the start, but which only compiles in a Linux environment.
7) see 1
- Everybody "vibe coding" yet to see any real startups out of it :))
too much hype...********
- Everybody "vibe coding" yet to see any real startups out of it :))