alt Hacker NewsI've been programming for decades, and I do love vibe coding side-projects. I have a little pixel art / animation tool, a music composition tool, and a little video game builder that agents made for my kids. I haven't looked at a line of code. Instead, I've just focused on getting the UX and features that I want. I did guide it along the tech stack and general philosophy I wanted it to follow, though. I'm sure it's hot garbage, but for projects like this, it doesn't really matter, and it's been a lot of fun.
Would I want to build a business around products that are built this way? Not yet. I'm definitely not comfortable supporting a vibe coded heap of code in a production setting.
This is my approach now. I'm done with programming professionally, but all those ridiculous ideas for my own use I've had over the years? I've built most of them in the past year. I have no time or patience for doing it by hand any more. I used to love programming but I have other things I want to do now and I'm pretty burnt out on putting effort into my code after doing it for my job for nearly two decades.