AI is really great for small apps. I’ve saved so many hours over weekends that would otherwise be spent coding a small thing I need a few times whereas now I can get an AI to spit it out for me. But anything big and it’s fucking stupid, it cannot track large projects at all.

What kind of small things have you vibed out that you needed?

FWIW that’s a good question but IMHO the better question is : What kind of small things have you vibed out that you needed that didn’t actually exist or at least you couldn’t find after a 5min search on open source forges like CodeBerg, Gitblab, Github, etc? Because making something quick that kind of works is nice… but why even do so in the first place if it’s already out there, maybe maintained but at least tested?

What if I can find it but it’s either shit or bloated for my needs?

Open an issue to explain why it’s not enough for you? If you can make a PR for it that actually implements the things you need? My point to say everything is already out there and perfectly fits your need, only that a LOT is already out there. If all re-invent the wheel in our own corner it’s basically impossible to learn from each other.

These are the principles I follow: indieweb.org/make_what_you_need indieweb.org/use_what_you_make I don’t have time to argue with FOSS creators to get my stuff in their projects, nor do I have the energy to maintain a personal fork of someone else’s work. It’s much faster for me to start up Claude and code a very bespoke system just for my needs. I don’t like web UIs nor do I want to run stuff in a Docker container. I just want a scriptable CLI application. Like I just did a subtitle translation tool in 2-3 nights that produces much better quality than any of the ready made solutions I found on GitHub. One of which was an *arr stack web monstrosity and the other was a GUI application. Neither did what I needed in the level of quality I want, so I made my own. One I can automate like I want and have running on my own server.