I'm reasonably opposed to LLMs, mostly from a human perspective. They reduce us to our output without factoring in any of the actual thoughts and experiences that go into that work, it's literally not in their training data.

It's unfortunate that we live in a world that has decided to push in this direction.

I have started a work project that is 100% vibe engineered, as an experiment to see where it would land. While it seems to be working, I can see that it has made so many mistakes along the way that it is still unclear if we can dig ourselves to production ready.

I was at an art museum recently, and was looking at a marble statue. And I thought to myself: this artist probably spent more time sculpting the big toe than anyone has spent appreciating the entire statue.

That speed is what we used to have in software engineering. So much careful craftsmanship, no line just yeeted out. And now we're just heading into a direction with no clear end, just prayers that bigger and better models will lift us forward.

What's the point of being human if we're so gung ho to remove that which separates us from other animals (our intellect)?

> That speed is what we used to have in software engineering. So much careful craftsmanship, no line just yeeted out.

That reads like nostalgia. What you describe sounds like the code I brought forth on a sunny Sunday afternoon, but certainly not on a hectic work day under deadline stress. I had Stackoverflow open _all the time_, and started googling at the earliest inconvenience. There were the dangerous parts of the codebase, where I paid more attention, much like I do now. But the rest, well - not everything needed the polish, and corners were cut all the time.

You still have your appreciation for music and laughter.