I’m unsure, if this is the right community for this, but I’m really curious about agenic vibe coding for hobby projects. As in: I have trouble gasping the reasoning behind it, especially given it’s current prevalence.

I really like programming to the point of creating a lot of what I’d label “art for noone”. I’m also tangentially interested in ML ever since reading the DeepDream papers.

But, the whole “agentic” hobby stuff feels weird to me. I just don’t get why anyone would give their hobby project over to a machine. I get that people use is for work. I even understand how someone may want to sell slop for a quick buck, even if I hate that idea.

But your personal hobby game project? Why would I have a computer do my hobby for me?

Even not minding the ethical questions. I genuienly don’t get it. And worse, I feel like a lot of people vibe coding their hobby away, are not even interested in the technology, outside of getting it do their hobby.

I know this comes over a bit critiquey, perhaps because it is a little. But mostly I’m dumb founded. Thanks for any insights. Please don’t meat-proxy.

Edit: Just want to mention, I read and appreciate all comments. I just find my own replies sound too harsh, and I don’t want to discourage anyone from weighing in. Thank you!

  • hexagonwin@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    6 days ago

    for some people the result matters more. or they lack the skills to achieve what they want without using these.

    as an example, someone i know (over the net) is an old NeXT/OPENSTEP fan for almost 30 years and recently having fun making related stuff with LLMs. like making hw accelerated graphics possible on NeXTstep

    few other examples…

    • this where the author made USB3 controllers’ drivers for Win9x/2k. the aim is to get ancient OS running on a modern machine, not necessarily programming a USB controller driver on their own
    • this where the author made Magic Trackpad 2 drivers for OS X 10.9. This is the last OS X with classic looks, and MT2 support comes since 10.11 so it makes sense somebody wants this.