Vibe Coding Considered Harmful

There is absolutely no doubt for me: if you don't understand ALL of your software code then you're standing in a menace, not a product. I will stay away from vibe coders and their s**t in the same way that I avoided people who only did copy and pasting of code without proper understanding, in the past. The need for this approach is directly proportional to the criticality of the software we develop.

Generative AI and Repetitive Strain Injury

I've been suffering from Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) for more than 10 years. Being a heavy computer user since a young age, a disastrous fall from staircase accident and starting my programming career very early might have contributed to this, for sure. So, nowadays, typing for very long periods of time becomes a painful experience. Using generative AI tools as coding assistants is not only saving some of my time but also saving me from some pain. General text writing is a little more trickier when you care about having your own style. In this, case voice typing continues to save me. The next thing I want to see AI to do is some kind of autocomplete for interactions with graphical (GUI) or text (TUI) user interfaces. Maybe there are already some good things that I could use with the Bash shell out there... I'll investigate.