Turns out you can describe software in plain English and AI builds it. My control freak side hated it. My productivity loved it. Now I wonder what I’d make if typing wasn’t the limit.
The story
🟢 What I learned, while trying not to trip over my own keyboard
I used to think “making software” meant I had to hand-carve every line like a medieval monk. Then I met vibe coding, and my inner control freak clutched pearls and whispered, “But what if we lose our *identity*?”
Turns out, the identity survives. It’s my ego that gets ganked.
Which, to be fair, needed a little nerfing.
🟢 Vibe coding: talking to code like it’s a teammate?
Vibe coding is when I describe what I want in normal human words, and an AI spits out code that usually works. The phrase came from Andrej Karpathy, and it nails the feeling: less typing, more directing.
For a beginner like me, “making a thing” starts to feel like explaining a game plan, not memorizing spell ingredients.
My job shifts from “prove I’m smart” to “be clear about what I want.”
🟢 AI helper teams: when it stops being a party trick
The bigger shift for me is AI helper “teams.” Not just “write me a little piece,” but “plan the steps, make changes, test it, fix what breaks,” across a whole project.
I don’t have to hover like a nervous parent at a trampoline park.
I set the goal, name the boundaries, and try not to ship chaos with confidence.
🟢 From “Veteran Coder” to “Viber” to “Imagineer”
Here’s the ladder I’m climbing: “Veteran Coder” is syntax and stamina. “Viber” is intent and speed. “Imagineer” is where I obsess over outcomes, clarity, and whether this helps real humans, not just my inner perfection goblin.
If you’re playing with this too, what do you *want* to create if typing isn’t the bottleneck anymore?
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