Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled

Posted by sanqui on Friday July 17, 2026 @04:35PM
from the dustycloud.org dept.

https://dustycloud.org/blog/faulty-towers-vibe-sickness-and-the-vibe-bobsled/

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Re:Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled by blinkbat on Friday July 17, 2026 @04:37PM (#48952022)

This argument loses bite when the website it's presented on doesn't even have basic mobile considerations

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Re:Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled by slopinthebag on Friday July 17, 2026 @07:35PM (#48953481)

I read it on my phone, it was fine. Hackernews doesn't have a mobile layout either...

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Re:Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled by mjmas on Friday July 17, 2026 @08:17PM (#48953797)

HN does have the important bit though:

  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

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Re:Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled by arcwhite on Friday July 17, 2026 @07:41PM (#48953533)

No it doesn't.

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Re:Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled by _superposition_ on Saturday July 18, 2026 @06:03AM (#48956629)

It was good enough that I read it anyway.

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Re:Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled by abstractspoon on Friday July 17, 2026 @11:33PM (#48954962)

I must be the only one who loves reviewing their own code because it allows me to spot yet further improvements on my already crafted solutions.

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Re:Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled by wduquette on Saturday July 18, 2026 @02:44PM (#48960927)

And things I missed the first time through.

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Re:Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled by xg15 on Saturday July 18, 2026 @06:17AM (#48956675)

Starting to think the data center protesters are on to something. Instead of sitting there, thinking wistfully how the world is going to shit, but we can't do anything, not even stopping ourselves from participating, they do something.

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