Comment by ChrisMarshallNY
6 days ago
> and throwaway projects
I have seldom encountered these.
What I encounter, instead, are lashups that the engineering team thought would be throwaway, but which Management made "Final Ship" code.
I have learned to always do "ship-shape" code; even for the most innocuous projects. I may be a bit sloppy as I'm exploring different paths, but the minute I decide on a firm plan, the code cleanup and documentation starts.
Vibe coding is allowing everyone (including me!) to make way more apps in my personal life that are very throwaway. I think some folks are doing this in business contexts too. But this is a real game-changer for non-technical folks
Yes and no.
If you ship, and charge money for it, you are responsible for maintaining it. Can’t treat it as throwaway, even if you meant it as such.
Unfortunately this is common, especially if something is dev facing. Whenever I have to talk to devs from card processors, video services, etc. They seem more confused that their app is broken than anything else.
Yeah I definitely agree. I'm specifically talking about things you're not shipping or charging money for. Just little personal apps for you and friends or you and work colleagues. Internal tools, etc.