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zzyzxdyesterday at 9:03 PM1 replyview on HN

If they are ok with shortcuts being vibecoded, maybe it's time to expose a proper programming language to the end users as well.

All my automation shortcuts can be easily explained in pseudo code under 5 minutes, but it took me ages to put them together because that weird UI/UX forcing me to drag-and-drop squares around to manipulate data structures. Programmers hate it, non-programmers can't understand it, it is not designed for anybody.


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bronco21016today at 1:19 AM

100%. It’s accessible to only the truly stubborn among us who have no other option available to make things just work.