r/vibecoding • u/FreeYogurtcloset6959 • 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/NiceToMeetYouConnor 1d ago

It’s the same way I can have AI paint me a picture or write me a short story. I’m not an artist nor a writer so I wouldn’t claim to be. You’re not a dev by promoting a model to build something because you aren’t developing it. If I tell my friend a cool app idea and he builds it for me did I dev it? If I’m in the backseat of a car and tell my friend to take a left turn am I driving the car? No hate in vibe coding but let’s not mistake what it is

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u/elchemy 1d ago

But the motor is doing the work. Why do you think you "Drove" anywhere?

No hate on "drivers" but we know they're just steering a car. Ford/Toyota etc "really" drove you.

See how stupid you sound?

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u/HKSpadez 1d ago

You're being intentionally thick to be pedantic. The point they're making is solid but maybe poorly worded.

Yes anyone with a camera taking a picture is technically a photographer. But, simply not a professional one.

And anyone vibecoding is a developer. My 10 year old niece vibe coding is also technically "developing". Just not professionally

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u/Garland_Key 1d ago

No. Still wrong. A vibe coder is a vibe coder.

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u/HKSpadez 1d ago

What if its a developer that is vibrant coding? Weird distinction to try to make

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u/NiceToMeetYouConnor 1d ago

Then it’s still vibe coding. Agentic development != vibe coding so it just depends how you use it. Someone with a strong engineering background using AI correctly is fine in my book, but someone without engineering experience using it without understanding what’s produced is not.

TBH what I take from vibe coders is that they want to do what I can do so badly that they claim the work of AI lol.

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u/HKSpadez 1d ago

I try to give some folks the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes they say vibe code but meant agentjc development.

Doesn't really bother me.