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!
There has to be two ways to look at it. Either you’re doing some recreational coding. Or something more complex, so code quality matters to you, or the project being some kind of art. Or: you’re just interested in some result. I’ve seen people vibe-code something like a Voice over IP stack and now my weird attempt at creating an Alexa can call people. I think it’s awesome! But… Don’t touch the code. I inevitably ran into issues and you really don’t want to poke at AI code, that’s super annoying to read. And it’s going to refactor everything 5 minutes later, anyway.
Also, a lot of the vibe-coded hobby stuff I’ve seen gets abandoned after a few weeks. Not all if it. But I guess it’s not that important to people, or connected with a deeper meaning. I guess it’s really two very different approaches at “doing” something.