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The reason you are seeing vibe code projects getting abandoned everywhere is because vibe coding is _grueling, never-ending labour_, like all software development. It is not fun. It is work. And the less foundational knowledge and experience you have about software development, testing, systems architecture, symbolic logic, and DevOps, the faster it becomes work, and the faster the project becomes abandoned, or melts down into a buggy mess.

It seems fun.

At the beginning.
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Sebastix 1mo ago 💬 1

AI is not simplifying things (its their false promise)

Software development has become more complex.

So when you add these things together, it’s just a very abstract layer on top of a lot of complexitity. And only people can handle this as they are able to build a mental modal around it. And that mental load is what counts and makes you competent or not.

Or something like that.

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Silberengel 1mo ago 💬 1

Yeah, I now need a model of the code base that also includes the proper way to interact with the LLM. I think gen-coders don't notice this, until the project reaches a certain size and they have to actively babysit the AI and explain seemingly obvious stuff to it, for hours.

At the beginning, the issues are more generic and the AI does it all automagically.

By coding day 55, the dev is typing in all caps. 😂

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Sebastix 1mo ago

And they go in de mode

JUST ONE MORE PROMPT TO FIX IT