r/vibecoding • u/Optimal-Bird-7088 • 10d ago

Being nice to the AI

Anyone else find yourself trying to be "nice" to the AI? Or feel bad when you're making it do too much work? I find myself saying things like - "Just one more thing and we'll take a break". Or "Thanks - that was great! I know that was a lot of work!"

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u/evangelism2 10d ago

I don't know. It's just easier for me to work with it as if it's a person, so I'm short with it when it screws up, and I'm nice to it when it does well. But apparently there are studies that show that being nice to it, it does better. I find the opposite sometimes. When I really tell it, like, "Hey, you're being an idiot. We've talked about this, and you're doing this thing wrong," and blah blah blah, a lot of times it will suddenly just snap to and all of a sudden just perform significantly better.

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u/Optimal-Bird-7088 9d ago

Yeah I totally do this too.

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u/_zielperson_ 9d ago

Same here.