Vibecoding is efficient, but less fun than writing code by hand
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On October 6, Hacker News featured a post arguing that vibecoding is less fun than writing code yourself. Drawing on real projects, the author says vibecoding turns ideas into working results fast, but brings less learning, less sense of achievement and less control over the project than hand-coding. The author built Party Market, a wildfire warning system based on Pyronear, a Kobo database migration assistant, and a real-time pitch training app with AI. Even so, the author says some of these projects would never have happened if hand-coding were the only option.
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- Hacker News front pageVibecoding isn't as fun as writing code by hand
Vibecoding 能快速把想法变成可用成果，但作者在实际项目中感到，它不如亲手编程那样带来学习、成就感和对项目的掌控感。作者用 AI 制作了 Party Market、基于 Pyronear 的野火预警系统、Kobo 数据库迁移助手和实时音准训练应用，其中一些项目若靠手写便不会去做。
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