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droidist2 commented on My AI skeptic friends are all nuts fly.io/blog/youre-all-nut... · Posted by u/tabletcorry

Hammershaft · 3 months ago

I'd like to see any actual case studies. So far I have only heard vague hype.

droidist2 · 3 months ago

Software engineering is always light on case studies though, for instance test driven development, or static vs. dynamic typing, people have been debating these for quite a long time.

droidist2 commented on Google is burying the web alive nymag.com/intelligencer/a... · Posted by u/doener

anal_reactor · 3 months ago

I'd like to limit my online time, but I'm so addicted to the internet, even though it's pure garbage nowadays. Any practical tips? It's not about putting away the phone, it's about... the hope that maybe this time I'll read something funny or informative, as I have absolutely no other sources of information or social interaction. "Go out and talk to people" isn't valid advice. It's never been, but in 2025 finally even the mainstream is slowly admitting that this doesn't work.

droidist2 · 3 months ago

> "Go out and talk to people" isn't valid advice. It's never been, but in 2025 finally even the mainstream is slowly admitting that this doesn't work.

Why doesn't it work?

droidist2 commented on Vibe Coding is not an excuse for low-quality work addyo.substack.com/p/vibe... · Posted by u/saikatsg

simonw · 4 months ago

Where did Andrej say it was "the future of software engineering"? He very clearly described vibe coding as an entertaining way to hack on throwaway weekend projects.

Try reading the whole tweet! https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383

"Would you yourself want vibe-coded software that is in highly critical systems such as in aeroplanes, hospitals, or in energy infrastructure?"

Of course not. That's why I wrote https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/#using-llm...

To save you the click:

> The job of a software developer is not (just) to churn out code and features. We need to create code that demonstrably works, and can be understood by other humans (and machines), and that will support continued development in the future.

> We need to consider performance, accessibility, security, maintainability, cost efficiency. Software engineering is all about trade-offs—our job is to pick from dozens of potential solutions by balancing all manner of requirements, both explicit and implied.

> We also need to read the code. My golden rule for production-quality AI-assisted programming is that I won’t commit any code to my repository if I couldn’t explain exactly what it does to somebody else.

> If an LLM wrote the code for you, and you then reviewed it, tested it thoroughly and made sure you could explain how it works to someone else that’s not vibe coding, it’s software development. The usage of an LLM to support that activity is immaterial.

droidist2 · 4 months ago

He might not have but some industry insiders, for instance YC are releasing videos like this:

"Vibe Coding Is The Future" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IACHfKmZMr8

droidist2 commented on I analyzed chord progressions in 680k songs cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/i... · Posted by u/jnord

gchamonlive · 4 months ago

That's new for me. What's an interval between three pitches called?

droidist2 · 4 months ago

Could call them "stacked intervals" like "stacking thirds" to make a triad

droidist2 commented on That Hit Song You Love Was a Total Fluke hbr.org/2013/11/was-gangn... · Posted by u/gradus_ad

droidist2 · 5 months ago

It reminds me of how media folks always explain to us that people want celebrity gossip and reality shows rather than substantive programming. Do they really or are they just responding to what's popular/promoted?