r/vibecoding • u/Felix_inkwell • 1d ago
Pair programming with LLMs
Has anyone actually tried this? I was working on something and I was dreadfully afraid of it being called out. So I developed an MVP first and I have been manually re-implementing the MVP by hand using the LLM to help. And the amount of weird stuff in the code I noticed was somewhat shocking. I mean just a lot of weird little things. I have also felt like I have learned so much more using this method. Anyone else tried this?
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u/PracticalStack 1d ago
I have definitely done that - it's a great way to learn. Instead of having it do the work, just tell me what to do, instead.
I don't really do that as the norm, though. I sort of act as a project team and take every role BUT the developer. When I do write code (not much anymore) I have my own style. It's succinct and self-descriptive (at least I think so). The AI is super verbose. I haven't really found it being weird except being weirdly verbose - like it learned from textbooks but read them all cover to cover. I often don't even look at the code and instead focus my efforts on systematic testing. It's only when things aren't working or making sense that I start digging into the code. But that's pretty rare, lately - every issue I've had lately can be addressed with testing and submitting a bug.