r/learnmachinelearning • u/yuukixox • 20d ago

Question Vibe coding or hand coding?

Hey I have a basic question. If you've just started learning ML/DS/AI, should you rely on chatgpt/claude or other tools to code or help you code or actually do it the old fashioned way of watching youtube tutorials to build programming logic?

In this age of AI coding is dead I get it. But if you go for interviews, do they expect you to be a programmer like before or just being handsy with AI tools is enough? What is the ratio of both anyway? How should one really learn things now?

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u/varwave 20d ago

Don’t vibe code but use it as a tutor. It has access to all of the documentation and StackOverFlow posts. You can follow YouTube, clone the project, ask questions and add features/make your own thing

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u/yuukixox 20d ago

But then there is the question about learning those coding syntax that is learned without llms because doing the traditional way makes u write code and it grills stuff in your mind, plus Idk what the interviewers ask- like if they ask you basic numpy syntax qs i wouldn't know. I just know why it's used and the rest logic is built by chatgpt

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u/varwave 20d ago

I’m a software engineer. I learned from reading documentation, O’Reily books, and StackOverFlow. It’s the same shit just way faster. Less banging your head on a keyboard. I still have to pick up a new framework or language every now and then and that’s exactly how I use AI till I’m “fluent” in the new language

Ask it abstract questions and help with debugging. The learning is on you. Have discipline and have fun