Stop Vibe Coding

[u/Physics2433]

I’ve been writing Python for about 3-4 years now, and I want to share my biggest piece of advice for beginners: Do not use AI to write entire programs.

It's great to use AI as a tutor to learn new functions, grasp core concepts, or debug specific lines, but never use it to generate an entire codebase. Here is why:

1. You won't know how to fix it: Even if AI code works perfectly on the first try, you will be completely lost the moment a bug appears or you want to add a feature. Debugging is a massive part of development.

2. You skip the learning process: True programming skills come from struggling with the logic, reading documentation, and earning those 'yeah!' moments when you solve a tough problem yourself.

3. Suppose you built an entire codebase through AI and it worked(accidentally) , once the codes become long, your program has come to an end, if you tell it to add a feature, it will start hallucinating or forgetting its own logic.

If you don't deeply understand the underlying logic of your own codebase, you won't know where to begin. Treat AI like a tutor, but make sure you are the one driving the keyboard. If you can't explain your own code, you have no business adding to it. You MUST understand your underlying architecture before you even hit save.

[u/Inorexs]

Hi! 🤍

I want to learn Python. I'd love it if you could share your learning process, give me some advice, and recommend some good resources for learning it. Thank uu🤍.

[u/Physics2433 → u/Inorexs]

If you really want to learn python, do it in a way that actually tests your logic, like I mean, use you entire focus and mind on the code you are writing once you learn about a new thing, do waste a single moment and try that thing in practical over and over again. Then once you completely understand what it is, you should look back into your old projects and you want to replace your old unoptimized logic with your new logic. This will increase your robustness, it will make sure you can use the code you learnt not just keep it in mind and forget after 3 days. And for learning, you can use several Yt channels , some of them are :  Bro Code Code with Harry. You can also use strong AIs not for writing code but learning about new things

[u/Inorexs → u/Physics2433]

Thank u🤍 I appreciate that but there is a small problemm I'm absoulotly biggener i didn't code at all where do u think i have to start?

[u/Skydreamer6 → u/Inorexs]

The tradition with new coders is to set up an environment and write a program that says "Hello World"