Endlessly churning out tools with vibe coding sounds quite boring to me. The world went and changed I guess.

Indeed, likely a useful lens on the current moment I’d say.

For better/worse, and whether completely so or not, the time of the professional keyboard-driven mechanical logic problem solver may simply have just come and gone in ~4 generations (70 years?).

By 2050 it may be more or less as niche as it was in 1950??

Personally, I find the relative lack of awareness and attention on the human aspect of it all a bit disappointing. Being caught in the tides of history is a thing, and can be a tough experience, worthy of discourse. And causing and even forcing these tides isn’t necessarily a desirable thing, maybe?

Beyond that, mapping out the different spaces that are brought to light with such movements (eg, the various sets of values that may drive one and the various ways that may be applied to different realities) would also certainly be valuable.

But alas, “productivity” rules I guess.

Building little toy projects like some of these is one of my favorite ways to learn and play. Sometimes the value isn't in the initial finished product but in the concepts it exposed and knowledge or inspiration gained from that.

I guess if what you really want is only the finished product and nothing else, churning it out as quickly as possible with AI and not caring about the implementation could work for you. But it would take the fun out of it for me.

Sadly my career may eventually head in that direction. At least I'll always have a hobby to enjoy.