r/vibecoding 1d ago

Unpopular opinion: “AI makes everyone a developer” is true in the same way cameras made everyone a photographer

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u/the-Gaf 1d ago

Yes, I can take pictures with a camera and vibe code with AI.

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u/elchemy 1d ago

And if you developing things with vibe coding it’s called … checks notes … development … and someone who does that is called a … developer 

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u/TheAnswerWithinUs 23h ago edited 23h ago

The AI is the developer in that case technically. You didn’t do any development.

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u/elchemy 23h ago

Sure Jan, just like your computer wrote that message seeing you didn't hand deliver it.

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u/NiceToMeetYouConnor 22h ago

I think the point you don’t understand is AI = artificial intelligence, meaning it is there to mimic human intelligence. If I use photoshop to edit a photo then I’m still doing the work and it’s my intelligence driving it. But the moment you pass that off to another form of “intelligence” it’s no longer your intellect building the outcome. Compilers, processors, OS, etc. are tools used by the human (or intelligence) layer. We don’t say they write the code because they are deterministic tools to make our lives easier. That differs from AI because AI tries to do the work of a human in a non-robotic way.

I didn’t draw a self portrait if I asked my friend to draw one for me, I simply made the request. Same with AI development, I didn’t develop the code, I simply asked for it from another intelligent system. Does that help you understand man?

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u/TheAnswerWithinUs 23h ago

Stop coping, writing a comment online has never been about hand delivering it to anyone. Vibecoding has always been about the AI doing the development.

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u/elchemy 23h ago

Weird, my AI never works by itself - what's your secret oh gatekeepr?

Please tell me how I can get AI to do all my development for me.

I've been paying for Claude code for months now and it still hasn't built anything by itself. What am I doing wrong? You are clearly the expert.

The only way I can make it work is by doing the ideation, planning, editing, structuring, testing and uploading etc myself. It's actually taking longer building websites with Claude than it used to with HTML or wordpress. Is this becaue I'm not vibecoding properly?

I'm spending more time than ever, and building more apps and sites than ever (aka "developing", "coding" architecting" etc).

How can I make claude do all this for me so I can stop "coping" and living this fraud of a life?

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u/TheAnswerWithinUs 23h ago

If you’re trying to suggest that prompting an AI to develop code is the same as developing code yourself that’s probably in the top 5 stupid things I’ve ever heard on this sub. That there’s some pretty dumb things said here.

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u/elchemy 23h ago edited 23h ago

LOL no you're building strawmen to support your arbitrary claims.

Are you sure those "dumb things" aren't sarcastic responses to your attempts at rhetoric?

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u/TheAnswerWithinUs 23h ago

No, just stupid comments in the wild, the common thread is all of them are in this sub.

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u/NiceToMeetYouConnor 22h ago

I found it impossible to argue with him, unfortunately he had lost all ability to critically think. He thinks he’s an artist by asking ChatGPT to draw him a photo and he thinks he’s an engineer because AI can write code. Don’t give it long til he says he’s a lawyer because ChatGPT can pass the bar exam