Comment by bloppe
9 hours ago
Luddism arose in response to weaving machines, not garment-making machines. The machines could weave a piece of cloth that still had to be cut and sewn by hand into a garment. Weaving the cloth was by far the most time consuming part of making the clothing.
Writing code is not at all the most time consuming part of software development.
> Luddism arose in response to weaving machines, not garment-making machines.
It started there, yes.
> Writing code is not at all the most time consuming part of software development.
The current Vibe coding systems can do the full pipeline.
> The current Vibe coding systems can do the full pipeline.
For small and relatively simple projects, sure. In codebases that are either large, complex, or fairly novel, I've been consistantly disappointed by the hands-off approach.
There are plenty of small, relatively simple projects out there. Lots of websites and cookie cutter apps to make. But that's never been the stuff I wanted to work on anyway.
I use Claude code constantly, but it's not nearly as reliable as any of the colleagues I've worked with.