i’m breaking up with vibe coding. here’s why.
when i first started learning to code, i built apps/websites that would be considered poor in the traditional sense. it also took me an embarassing amout of time to figure out basic stuff. it was frustratingly difficult. the ‘finished’ product wasn’t even polished.
but atleast i built it. i wasn’t begging an ai agent to fix my bugs. no matter how poor, the code had my blood, sweat and tears in it. no one could take that away from me.
as i was lying in bed on a sleepless night. i realized i hadn’t learnt a new concept in weeks. i had built a few useful apps with ai, but a nagging question kept me awake - what was the point of it all if i didn’t learn a thing?
that’s when it struck me. coding isn’t about the finished product. its a lot like writing. its about the process. its about how you approach a problem. its critical thinking.
and i don’t think i’m ready to let ai take these away from me. i’m going back to writing shitty code, slowly and deliberately.