MCP isn't the right answer, but it is the right question.
... answer, but it is the right question. How do you extend the promise of MCP and vibe coding to the whole world, safely?
Topic: vibe coding
48 chunks · 25 episodes
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- vibe coding appears in 48 chunks across 25 episodes, from 2025-03-10 to 2026-02-16.
- Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 6/2/25 (2025-06-02), with 6 observations on this topic.
- Semantically it travels with infinite software, llms, and Claude, while by chunk count it sits between vast majority and social media; its yearly rank moved from #8 in 2025 to #27 in 2026.
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Overheard by a retired engineer turned vibe coder: "I don't write code, I produce code."
Overheard by a retired engineer turned vibe coder: "I don't write code, I produce code."
Matt Holden compared vibe coding to speed chess.
Matt Holden compared vibe coding to speed chess. It's a whole different game–challenging and fun in totally different ways than normal coding.
Great tweet from Geoffrey Litt:
Great tweet from Geoffrey Litt: "Something that often gets missed about vibe coding: Yes it's great for making personal tools. But... our whole software world was built assuming people can't code! Things will *really* take off once w...
People building tools for themselves are a good target for new kinds of AI tools.
...ink will be the next big thing. The former cares about having their data first. Vibe coding to add features to a thing you already are using. Vs each output being a separate island.
This tweet backs up my hunch that vibe coding is mostly people making things for themselves or a small group of friends.
This tweet backs up my hunch that vibe coding is mostly people making things for themselves or a small group of friends.
Software created with Loveable is often insecure.
...d send my dreams, with my email address, to marketers. I decided not to use it. Vibe coding tools are great for PM-types prototyping. Or for people building an app for themselves or for their friends.[kr]
In a world of infinite software, you won't necessarily make your app for others, you'll make it for yourself and maybe some friends.
...ybe no one else will trust it or be willing to put up with its lack of quality. Vibe coding platforms that hope to make their margin on hosting might turn out to not be viable if this effect is strong. If it's only used by a handful of peopl...
Rick Rubin describes vibe coding as the "punk rock" of coding.
Rick Rubin describes vibe coding as the "punk rock" of coding. Seems right to me.
A new word I heard this week: "slopdev."
...nmotivated shoveling of slop code to make CRUD-y software you don't care about. Vibe coding for yourself can be soul-affirming. Slopdev for a job is soul-eroding.
Overheard this week: vibe coding is like having a swarm of toddlers try to build and maintain your car.
Overheard this week: vibe coding is like having a swarm of toddlers try to build and maintain your car.
LLMs do the easy parts of programming.
...ming.[kt] So you're just doing all the hard parts, and it hurts your brain.[ku] Vibe coding is taxing because it takes away the sudoku puzzle part of programming. Each puzzle you solve gives you a boost of endorphins to keep going. But now y...
Vibe coding platforms' target users are basically PMs.
Vibe coding platforms' target users are basically PMs. People who can imagine the feature they want to build and just need help making it real. It still requires...
A friend told me: "vibe coding on your sensitive data has SHARP edges"
A friend told me: "vibe coding on your sensitive data has SHARP edges" Vibe coding is great fun, but if you do it on sensitive data, you can very quickly get yourself into trouble.
We're entering an era of infinite software.
We're entering an era of infinite software. Software has always been supply constrained. But what happens when software becomes demand constrained? LLMs make the cost of producing software approach zero. In an era of infinite software, you can have whatever UI operates on your data that you want. Ap
Vibe coding is the digital publishing era of infinite software.
Vibe coding is the digital publishing era of infinite software.[oz] Think of the path the industry took from PCs to Infinite content. It started in the 90's with...
Prompt injection sets the ceiling of potential of LLMs.
Prompt injection sets the ceiling of potential of LLMs. Claude and OpenAI will build integrations into chat via things like MCP. Vibe coders will get stuck making dead end little island apps. Both will get stuck on the privacy of prompt injection. Prompt injection and owning your data are actually r
"Social media for vibe coding" is a thing lots of companies will do.
"Social media for vibe coding" is a thing lots of companies will do. A social network for vibe coding has a low ceiling. Apps are isolated islands which means mostly little games....
These vibe coding tools are all about making apps.
These vibe coding tools are all about making apps. Apps are the wrong mental model for little throwaway things that do useful things on your data. We should be moving ...
A system that meets LLMs where they are for code will get the most out of them.
A system that meets LLMs where they are for code will get the most out of them. LLMs can write simple React components with high quality They need a lot more hand-holding and direction to write more complex code. A system that makes it possible for LLMs to write little bits of code that can be stitc