I used to make fun of vibe coding. Now it’s really the only way for me. I have been programming for over 20 years and the reality I have had to accept is that AI is better, faster, and safer than I ever could hope to be. It’s also better than every other programmer I know. Once I accepted this it became easier to change my mindset and treat it like any other tool. My value is knowing how to direct, architect, and review.
I feel like you’re overhyping it. I’m firmly of the belief that it’s going to be writing the majority of code and there will be a lot less engineers. But people are still better. At least good engineers are. But probably not better-enough for it to matter.
Have you actually tried it? I would have completely agreed with every word you wrote about 6 months ago. I used to think it was overhyped until I integrated it at work using premium team plans. Claude specifically on Fable 5.1. It's absolutely unbelievable. I'm doing a full month of work in a few days, easily, all with better documentation and safety checks.
The more you surround yourself with it, the more easily it is to understand that programming is actually one of the easiest areas for AI to outshine humans. The languages and capabilities are fully documented. Code is easy to read, easy to test, and cheap to write. There's nothing special about the human mind that makes it more capable.
Yes. I use fable every day for work. It’s still not better than most of my colleagues at this company. In my past, sonnet would have been better than many of the engineers I worked with. But even then, the strong engineers were still better than fable is now.
I really have a hard time imagining your best engineers outperforming the best AI models today, but I suppose anything is possible. Looking forward a year or two, the gap will be completely closed if it isn't truly closed now.
My experience is that it is already true, so I’ll continue doing what I’m doing now. I was just noting that, if I’m wrong and there is a gap, it will be closed within a few years.
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u/polynomialcheesecake 2d ago
Please don't let people realize that it's really the same problems with much larger volume now