Flying without knowing how the plane works

FriendlyMike 38 points 3 comments November 12, 2026
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FriendlyMike

I’m at the tail end of my career and can’t help but be romantic about how AI has enabled me to do things I didn’t think I’d have the energy to do anymore. It’s been a love hate relationship between how impactful I can make myself vs how much of my time I spend tweaking it all. Wrote up some thoughts since leaving Airbnb as the dev ai tl, hope yall enjoy

yschimke

This is a nice tool, that makes you wonder how codex can get things so wrong, and a scrappy startup can out execute them

CougarCalc

I'm someone who just started vibe coding a few months ago. I've stumbled through setting up my workflow into an efficient use of my compute budget. I have no idea what code is, I'm a sound guy, so technically minded, but not code. These tools just blow my mind. I've built a few functioning websites and a stand alone app (Mac/win/iOS/Andriod) that I'm ready to start selling live in the next 30 days. I never would have even considered these projects 6 months ago. I can only dream of how productive your world has become!

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