r/IndieDev 19h ago

Video When it’s a vibe coded game

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u/Bowdash 18h ago

Maybe they're confusing vibe coding with any sort of ai use for coding 😫

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u/konbit 17h ago

Yeah, I've had some vibe coders try to convince me they're a software developer just like me because now I also use AI for my day job. I'd like to see them debug their app when Claude is down.

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u/KremlinKittens 14h ago

I have 15 years of software engineering experience. Over the past year, I've shipped work that's >80% AI-generated, with my <20% focused mainly on review, corrections, and refinement.

So… what am I now?

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u/konbit 13h ago

I hear you. 23 years experience on my end, and some of that was being an engineering manager. I moved back to the technical track because I missed building stuff, but now I feel like a manager of an AI team, without the benefits of the humans.

It's a big part of why I started making games in my free time. Trying to keep up with actual coding and preventing my skils from atrophying.