2026-07-06 11:36 UTC
“Whether you're pasting source from Stack Overflow or recording a macro in Excel, you are just one operation away from #unwrapping the membrane and exposing #thecode beneath it. And with the modern internet, with Wikipedia, with endless tutorial videos, you are one further operation from penetrating the high level code to get at the code beneath it, and the code beneath that, and the code beneath that, all the way down to the bare metal.”
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@eliasulrich@hachyderm.io 2026-07-06 11:42
“Which brings me to #vibecoding. As I've written, there's a world of difference between writing code for production and writing #personalsoftware that solves a problem you have. Whatever #deficits that code has (due to the fact that you're not a skilled programmer) are offset by the fact that you're the one making the tool (which means your needs aren't lossily filtered through a programmer's understanding of those needs).”