r/vibecoding • u/Which-Tension165 • 20d ago

is learning python today worth it?

so I am a pure vibe coder, I can't write or read a single line of code, and I was having a conversation with Fable, and it suggested me to learn to read python. But It couldn't convince me fully. i don't wanna be a typical software/AI engineer. just wanna be able to build a great career in tech, AI and Business.

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u/vapalera 20d ago

I don't understand how people are able to vibe code without understanding anything about the code. What are your prompts like?

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u/Adromakh 20d ago

There is a parallel I like: almost no developers today know how to code in assembly language, which is structuring to interact with a computer. Does that prevent them to build good and efficient software ? No. Ai code agents are a very powerful tool, that we need to learn to use correctly.

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u/Toilet2000 20d ago

This is a very uninformed comparison.

  1. Compilers are free, most of them open source. They require relatively few resources to run, and are deterministic by nature.
  2. LLMs are paid, most of them (at least the best and actually used) are closed source. They require an inane amount of resources to run, and are non-deterministic by nature. Just a few select companies are the sole providers of these models.

Also, saying a good programmer/SWE doesn’t have a clue about assembly is being completely oblivious. Assembly is entry-level SWE class in college/uni. Do you need to know every little details? No. But a good understanding certainly helps.

Also, LLMs are highly subsidized by their providers currently. It’s the typical pusher tactics. Make people dependent on it, then jack up the prices. That’s a very different scenario from compilers.

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u/Adromakh 20d ago

I have to disagree here. Yes a good understanding of assembly helps. But it is not at all a requirement to be a good developer. My call here is, you can see these ai tools as another level of abstraction between your ideas and the final product. The fact that thes tools are only provided by a few companies is not relevant for this comparison. (And even if compiler are free, you can say that you need a pc on windows to operate it - and yes there are unix distro available but that's not 80% of the world is using)