Comment by Cthulhu_

> For those small open source tools that many of us use daily and find invaluable, I actually think vibe coding is ideal for that.

If they don't exist, AND the author is comitted to maintaining them instead of just putting it online, sure. But one issue I see is that a lot of these tools you describe already exist, so creating another one (using code assist tools or otherwise) just adds noise IMO.

The better choice is to research and plan (as you say in your first sentence) before comitting resources. The barrier to "NIH" is lowered through code assistants, which risks reducing collaboration in open source land in favor of "I'll just write my own".

Granted, "I'll write my own" has always felt like it has a lower barrier to entry than "I'm going to search for this tool and learn to use it".