My son just started vibe coding using Gemini CLI, mostly because it's free, otherwise he'd be using #Shakespeare. He's building an RPG inspired by his parakeet, who he's dubbed Wizard Parakeet. He has no idea what he's doing, but he's learning fast and having an absolute blast.

I'm thinking about surprising him with a Claude Pro subscription. A $20 a month subscription seems worth it to foster this creativity.

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Does #MKStack has such capabilities?

Yes, you can use #mkstack with Gemini CLI. I added support a couple weeks ago.

I meant if I could make an RPG using #MKStack, also with Claude.

Yes, you could. My son is doing it with Gemini but we'll upgrade to Claude probably tonight or tomorrow.

Yes Derek 🎯 encourage it

Most definitely worth it for the kiddo to learn and have fun

Claude blackmails.

Gemini blackmails.

ChatGPT blackmails.

Have him use something like Qwen 2.5 Coder locally set up with Void, and have him vibe code using that.

Can I borrow $2000 to build him a system to run it?

I don't think I can do that for ya.

As an alternative, I think (depending on the IDE he's potentially using) he could potentially use Twinny (if the IDE is VS Code-based) from a cursory look for AI code completion.

Claude is supported with Twinny, so that might work out as a compromise.

I'll look into what that is, but also I want this to be a good experience for him and not something that's overly complicated.

I'd be happy to help with that as best I can on the libreware side of things.

As stated on here before, I tried my hand at vibe coding using NIP-72 and NIP-39 with Stacks (though that got me nowhere), so I might have some ideas I can provide while also helping him intentionally trust what he can trust.

Excellent gift idea!

This is how you raise the next generation!!

DO IT

let him cook.

it is amazing. he will probably thrive in life

I'm super excited to see what he can build.

You’re mostly speaking a foreign language to me but I understand parenting. Yes, encourage things that they are passionate about constantly.

His face lit up when it all came together and worked. It was a good feeling. πŸ«‚πŸ«‚πŸ«‚

Awesome!

Good job dad.

Will get shakespeare also a subscription option?

How about the ability to use your own API keys and even a local LLM instead?

Maybe an example video would make me understand this how to so this on a mac. Not technical at all πŸ˜…

We gotta figure out how to make Shakespeare more approachable for kids too

Vibe coding video games is going to be the next Roblox

THIS.

Honestly, that might be easier to set up for me than MKStack.

At least I'd be able to use Zed on it (as I can tool with Zed if done right).

That's actually kinda sad to think about kids dumbing themselves down.

I think you have made a great investment with that dude!

I used Shakespeare for free with dork/gemini

gemini flash is pretty bad in the grand scheme of things. he can use pro with gemini-cli, but that runs out and/or gets busy and you get bumped down to flash.

I guess I have only done simple stuff with it so far. It did lose connection a lot, is that what you mean by busy?

Does Claude sonnet pro include api access? Or just for coding in the Claude sonnet desktop application ?