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

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181 points thunderbong | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 15:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | source
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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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Disposal8433 ◴[31 Aug 25 15:28 UTC] No.45083935[source]▶
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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afro88 ◴[31 Aug 25 19:57 UTC] No.45086514[source]▶
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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1. archargelod ◴[31 Aug 25 23:10 UTC] No.45087912[source]▶
> 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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2. afro88 ◴[01 Sep 25 02:59 UTC] No.45089028[source]▶
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.