top | item 47132194 (no title) lich_king | 5 days ago > spending 5 hours writing a tool to automate 5 minutes of workHey, that's a legitimate engineering activity. discuss order hn newest slopinthebag|5 days ago It can be!Also I don't understand why my comment got flagged - I'm pointing out that the type of person who likes to build tooling, automate their work as much as possible etc, really likes vibe coding because it lets them do more of it faster. falcor84|5 days ago Absolutely, as per the xkcd automation chart, you'll break even if you save yourself those 5 minutes of work even just once a month over 5 years.https://xkcd.com/1205/
slopinthebag|5 days ago It can be!Also I don't understand why my comment got flagged - I'm pointing out that the type of person who likes to build tooling, automate their work as much as possible etc, really likes vibe coding because it lets them do more of it faster.
falcor84|5 days ago Absolutely, as per the xkcd automation chart, you'll break even if you save yourself those 5 minutes of work even just once a month over 5 years.https://xkcd.com/1205/
slopinthebag|5 days ago
Also I don't understand why my comment got flagged - I'm pointing out that the type of person who likes to build tooling, automate their work as much as possible etc, really likes vibe coding because it lets them do more of it faster.
falcor84|5 days ago
https://xkcd.com/1205/