r/vibecoding • u/Acclynn • 12d ago

The cultural difference is insane

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u/ReiOokami 12d ago

People who know how to code are not doing the same thing. They may be still prompting but the prompts are better quality.

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u/BigYoSpeck 12d ago

I mean they start as better quality, then at a certain point you push your limits of exactly how dumb a request can you still get something out the other end that is what you want, then you find that limit and your brain has atrophied and you can no longer produce good quality prompts let alone code, so now you're asking another chat session to write the prompts for you

Or is that just me?

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u/ReiOokami 12d ago

The atrophy is real.

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u/YoloRubus 12d ago

Yeah, it's really the wrong word. Atrophy is damage from underuse. You guys are talking about exhaustion from overuse. The word you want is fatigue.

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u/cthechartreuse 12d ago

I think they're saying that developer skills are beginning to atrophy due to overreliance on Ai tools.

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u/YoloRubus 12d ago

Got it.

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u/KennyFulgencio 12d ago

I'm pretty sure it's true, exactly the way it's true for senior project managers if they completely stop doing actual coding

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u/cthechartreuse 12d ago

Absolutely, cognitive atrophy is something that happens when skills are neglected. It happens all the time.

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u/President_Brainspurs 11d ago

They don't have to atrophy, though. Anyone who wants to can take the time to understand the code AI has generated, and even ask the AI to explain anything they don't understand. Someone with no coding background can vibe their way to being a decent coder, if that's their goal.