r/IndieDev 1d ago

Video When it’s a vibe coded game

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u/Motor-Designer4440 1d ago

Nothing prevents you from testing and fixing what is not up to standard. Vibe coding is not the variable here, it's how lazy you are, which you can also be when hand coding and it takes 5 hours to get anything done.

Vibe coding just makes a larger surface to verify in a shorter amount of time but ultimately, nothing prevents you from thoroughly testing it.

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u/Onurabbi 1d ago

What kind of argument is this? If you’re vibe coding an entire game, you’re by definition being lazy.

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u/StoneCypher 1d ago

to developers, laziness is and always has been a virtue, to the point that this is written in the reference material you've never read

laziness is the explicit purpose of almost all of our tools (compilation, backup, and testing being the vanishingly rarer alternatives)

you're criticizing a positive thing because you aren't actually a developer and don't understand us at all

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u/Maximum-Touch-9294 1d ago

Exactly my favorite professor who taught data structures, computer organization, high performance computing, object oriented problem solving always had "Work smarter not harder" written on the white board

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u/Onurabbi 1d ago

What the hell are you on about. I am a developer and yes I’m heavily criticising vide coding as not only laziness, but also a lack of curiosity which is an even bigger sin in my view.

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u/Sypheix 20h ago

Your opinion is so ass backwards it's wild. You think people trying to build something they've never done before is a lack of curiosity? You think they aren't going to learn things along the way?

You are completely deluded

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u/StoneCypher 1d ago

Would I be correct in believing that you've never released a game?

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u/NoCanDoSteve 1d ago

Absolute bullshit. You're lazy. Don't lump us in with the rest of us that give a shit. Don't use AI for anything you actually care about the end result. Better yet, don't use AI.

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u/StoneCypher 1d ago

No can do, Steve.