Vibe coding as a coding veteran: from 8-bit assembly to English-as-code

1. afro88 ◴[31 Aug 25 15:00 UTC] No.45083680[source]▶

Great article, though I'm still reading it as it's a mammoth read!

A side note: as it's been painfully pointed out to me, "vibe coding" means not reading the code (ever!). We need a term for coding with LLMs exclusively, but also reviewing the code they output at each step.

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2. mcrk ◴[31 Aug 25 15:10 UTC] No.45083767[source]▶

>>45083680 (TP) #

Just use "coding", then let's reserve the word "programming" for Linus.

3. mellosouls ◴[31 Aug 25 15:11 UTC] No.45083783[source]▶

>>45083680 (TP) #

I use "Pro-coding" as it implies professionalism or process, or at least some sort of formality.

It doesn't imply AI, but I don't distinguish between AI-assisted and pre-AI coding, just vibe-coding as I think thats the important demarcation now.

4. Disposal8433 ◴[31 Aug 25 15:28 UTC] No.45083935[source]▶

>>45083680 (TP) #

It's called "reviewing code." I'm not taking any kind of responsibility for code that I haven't written myself.

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5. tln ◴[31 Aug 25 15:30 UTC] No.45083943[source]▶

>>45083680 (TP) #

Prompt coding or just prompting

"Lets prompt up a new microservice for this"

"What have you been prompting lately?"

"Looking at commits, prompt coding is now 50% of your output. Have a raise"

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6. ◴[31 Aug 25 15:54 UTC] No.45084140[source]▶

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7. ofjcihen ◴[31 Aug 25 16:06 UTC] No.45084224[source]▶

>>45083943 #

What is the term for getting the ick from reading?

8. layer8 ◴[31 Aug 25 16:17 UTC] No.45084335[source]▶

>>45083680 (TP) #

We could revive the old CASE acronym (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_software_engine...). ;)

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9. jagged-chisel ◴[31 Aug 25 19:24 UTC] No.45086231[source]▶

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Actually a good suggestion.

Prediction: arguments over the definition will ensue

10. afro88 ◴[31 Aug 25 19:57 UTC] No.45086514[source]▶

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You're not just hitting go and reviewing code though. If someone asked how I built a side project and I said "reviewing code" it would make no sense.

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11. archargelod ◴[31 Aug 25 23:10 UTC] No.45087912{3}[source]▶

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> If someone asked how I built a side project Then you might have to say the truth: that you didn't build it, but Claude/OpenAI/Gemini built it under your supervision.

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12. Timwi ◴[31 Aug 25 23:15 UTC] No.45087936[source]▶

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SWITCH: SoftWare Implementation Through Computer & Human

BASE: Brain And Silicon Engineering

CLASS: Computer/Llm-Assisted Software Specification

STRUCT: Scripting Through Recurrent User/Computer Teamup

ELSE: Electronically Leveraged Software Engineering

VOID: Very Obvious Intelligence Deficit

Okay maybe not that last one

13. afro88 ◴[01 Sep 25 02:59 UTC] No.45089028{4}[source]▶

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Now we're getting somewhere. I think there's more than just supervision involved though. The ideas, direction and design are also provided by the person driving and reviewing output from the agents.