I like the distinction you make between large-scale production level apps vs highly specific personal use apps, reminds me of “home cooked software” https://maggieappleton.com/home-cooked-software
As a roboticist who first came to your blog for the technical perspectives, I just wanna say I'm staying for the writing itself :) I enjoy your tone and style, always an entertaining (and thought-provoking) read!
Oh, absolutely. The vibe coding I'm doing right now with Cursor leverages a career of software development in knowing what to ask for, how to ask, and how big a chunk to request at a time. I've been meaning to check out Claude Code which seems like it maybe does some of that orchestration which would lower the knowledge barrier. It seems vanishingly unlikely that, for the size of app described in this post, my software knowledge will be required to vibe code it into existence in 6 months (if it even is required now.)
I like the distinction you make between large-scale production level apps vs highly specific personal use apps, reminds me of “home cooked software” https://maggieappleton.com/home-cooked-software
That was a great read. Thanks for sharing!
Spot on!
I tried expressing the same concept a while ago (https://unbeatenpath.substack.com/p/are-llms-an-inflection-point) but in a much less effective way :)
Ha! I had a very similar experience on Monday! https://bsky.app/profile/iandanforth.bsky.social/post/3ltclhhsizk2u
The future is here already.
As a roboticist who first came to your blog for the technical perspectives, I just wanna say I'm staying for the writing itself :) I enjoy your tone and style, always an entertaining (and thought-provoking) read!
This is a great point. How much do you think your experience with software affected your speed?
Oh, absolutely. The vibe coding I'm doing right now with Cursor leverages a career of software development in knowing what to ask for, how to ask, and how big a chunk to request at a time. I've been meaning to check out Claude Code which seems like it maybe does some of that orchestration which would lower the knowledge barrier. It seems vanishingly unlikely that, for the size of app described in this post, my software knowledge will be required to vibe code it into existence in 6 months (if it even is required now.)