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Re:After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by han... by thesz on Saturday January 24, 2026 @02:05PM (#46746490) 

  > That's when you start *learning* the techniques for using these tools for maximum effect and where to apply them.
https://paulgraham.com/popular.html?viewfullsite=1

"They're perfectly justified: the majority of hot new whatevers do turn out to be a waste of time, and eventually go away. By delaying learning VRML, I avoided having to learn it at all."

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Re:After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by han... by Aurornis on Saturday January 24, 2026 @06:43PM (#46748963)
If you’re counting on LLMs and coding tools to go the way of VRML, I guarantee you’re going to be disappointed.
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Re:After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by han... by thesz on Sunday January 25, 2026 @02:17AM (#46751587)
This one was on HN recently: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-coding-degrades

The quality of code generated with LLM decreases over time.

Let us talk again after, say, five years.

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Re:After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by han... by judahmeek on Monday January 26, 2026 @12:01PM (#46768155)
You can gamble, but you can't guarantee
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