yup. I started a fully autonomous, 100% vibe coded side project called steadytext, mostly expecting it to hit a wall, with LLMs eventually struggling to maintain or fix any non-trivial bug in it. turns out I was wrong, not only has claude opus been able to write up a pretty complex 7k LoC project with a python library, a CLI, _and_ a postgres extension. It actively maintains it and is able to fix filed issues and feature requests entirely on its own. It is completely vibe coded, I have never even looked at 90% of the code in that repo. it has full test coverage, passes CI, and we use it in production!

granted- it needs careful planning for CLAUDE.md and all issues and feature requests need a lot of in-depth specifics but it all works. so I am not 100% convinced by this piece. I'd say it's def not easy to get coding agents to be able to manage and write software effectively and specially hard to do so in existing projects but my experience has been across that entire spectrum. I have been sorely disappointed in coding agents and even abandoned a bunch or projects and dozens of pull requests but I have also seen them work.

you can check out that project here: https://github.com/julep-ai/steadytext/

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sjdbdjskbzba 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

> It is completely vibe coded, I have never even looked at 90% of the code in that repo. it has full test coverage, passes CI, and we use it in production!

This horrifies me. I checked your website and all your recommendations are from people who appear to have an Indian background, but you’re based in the US? And you claim they’re the most innovative companies yet I doubt anyone has heard of them?

Looking over the repo and it seems like a mess (commits are meaningless and code is all over the place).

I’m sorry this feels incredibly scammy.

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thegeomaster 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thanks for sharing this! It's difficult to find good examples of useful codebases where coding agents have done most of the work. I'm always actively looking at how I can push these agents to do more for me and it's very instructive to hear from somebody who has had success on this level. (Would be nice to read a writeup, too)

	▲	diwank 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		It's coming soon! I think this experiment has really taught me a lot about the limits of agentic code assistants, stuff that they're good at, they're insanely good at, and stuff that they're horrible at and cannot seem to overcome. I did write a little bit about how I use Claude Code [1] before I started this project a while back, and I'm planning to finish a sequel pretty soon. ^[1]: https://diwank.space/field-notes-from-shipping-real-code-wit...

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aethrum 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Huh, interesting. Though I do wonder if the best possible thing an AI could help code would be another AI tool

	▲	itsalotoffun 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		This way to the hard take-off.

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