I am 100% addicted to vibecoding in a straightforward “this is fun and dopamine inducing way”
I’m curious, how does that work? What mindset are you approaching it from? What sorts of projects (in terms of their… emotional felt-sense, I guess) are you attempting with it?
I think I would like to be able to engage with it as with a hobby, but it’s not been fun for me.
For me it’s like “I type some quick stuff in, and then, like, agency comes out and I get to see stuff get built, and it works great 20% of the time, okay 60%, and fails 20% of the time, but, that produces a kinda skinner-box slot machine element to it.” (to be clear I think the skinner-box bit is bad, the “stuff comes out with little effort” part is great. It’s like jamming with a partner who can do most of all the tedious parts of the work)
My impression from your other posts is that you are mostly just getting a much worse hit rate (because yeah if it’s not really set up to excel in a domain, it’s a lot less workable)
My impression from your other posts is that you are mostly just getting a much worse hit rate
No, the hit rate sounds mostly similar. I think it’s more that I may have unusually strong anti-gacha instincts? Like, if I’m doing something, momentarily reflect on it, and recognize that it’s equivalent to playing a slot machine, this immediately causes negative feelings in me and sours the whole experience. Which I guess is usually a good adaptation to have, but may or may not be be anti-helpful in this specific case.
I’m curious, how does that work? What mindset are you approaching it from? What sorts of projects (in terms of their… emotional felt-sense, I guess) are you attempting with it?
I think I would like to be able to engage with it as with a hobby, but it’s not been fun for me.
For me it’s like “I type some quick stuff in, and then, like, agency comes out and I get to see stuff get built, and it works great 20% of the time, okay 60%, and fails 20% of the time, but, that produces a kinda skinner-box slot machine element to it.” (to be clear I think the skinner-box bit is bad, the “stuff comes out with little effort” part is great. It’s like jamming with a partner who can do most of all the tedious parts of the work)
My impression from your other posts is that you are mostly just getting a much worse hit rate (because yeah if it’s not really set up to excel in a domain, it’s a lot less workable)
Thanks!
No, the hit rate sounds mostly similar. I think it’s more that I may have unusually strong anti-gacha instincts? Like, if I’m doing something, momentarily reflect on it, and recognize that it’s equivalent to playing a slot machine, this immediately causes negative feelings in me and sours the whole experience. Which I guess is usually a good adaptation to have, but may or may not be be anti-helpful in this specific case.