Lessons learned after spending $200 vibecoding with Claude Code and Cline

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Why do I always get the feeling that all these "AI is changing the universe" articles are AI generated too? I mean, isn't that a perfect application for AI? Why would the site author generate an entire site with AI, then poke out the article telling us about it on his keyboard like a regular old "meatbag" again?

Because I (the author) enjoy the experience of writing text a lot more than writing "function" over and over again. I see writing as a final step of the learning process, so I'm mostly writing for myself here as my own proof that I did indeed learn something, but obviously hope others read it and can find value as well.

I have also tried to generate blog posts in my own writing style/voice/tone, and they are unilaterally pretty bad.

>I have also tried to generate blog posts in my own writing style/voice/tone, and they are unilaterally pretty bad.

This has been my experience with any code generated by AI. It is bad code and it takes longer to fix it than just do it properly myself.

Isn't that amusing? Left brained who enjoy writing and drawing can appreciate generated code but find AI inadquate for writing and drawing. Meanwhile, right brained people can appreciate it for generating writing and drawing, but find it inadequate for code.

I guess to truly appreciate AI for both requires being no brained ;-)

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