funny to me that the most telltale sign of vibe coding is any presence of aesthetics. Back In My Day at hackathon demos the hackiest projects were those where coding up aesthetics was an afterthought, now the hackiest demos are ones where coding itself was an afterthought
like instead of an aesthetic frontend (or even just well-tabulated print statements) denoting polish, it’s now denoting the lack thereof.
Wonder if this is a case where post-training coding tools towards pre-AI era signifiers of polish is going to change the signifier itself
funny to me that the most telltale sign of vibe coding is any presence of aesthetics. Back In My Day at hackathon demos the hackiest projects were those where coding up aesthetics was an afterthought, now the hackiest demos are ones where coding itself was an afterthought
the other day I had to tell Claude to make these slides uglier so it won’t look so beautiful and cringe
like instead of an aesthetic frontend (or even just well-tabulated print statements) denoting polish, it’s now denoting the lack thereof.
Wonder if this is a case where post-training coding tools towards pre-AI era signifiers of polish is going to change the signifier itself
funny to me that the most telltale sign of vibe coding is any presence of aesthetics. Back In My Day at hackathon demos the hackiest projects were those where coding up aesthetics was an afterthought, now the hackiest demos are ones where coding itself was an afterthought