What's the motivation behind vibe-hobbying? (feddit.org)

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I'm unsure, if this is the right community for this, but I'm really curious about agenic vibe coding for hobby projects. As in: I have trouble gasping the reasoning behind it, especially given it's current prevalence.

I really like programming to the point of creating a lot of what I'd label "art for noone". I'm also tangentially interested in ML ever since reading the DeepDream papers.

But, the whole "agentic" hobby stuff feels weird to me. I just don't get why anyone would give their hobby project over to a machine. I get that people use is for work. I even understand how someone may want to sell slop for a quick buck, even if I hate that idea.

But your personal hobby game project? Why would I have a computer do my hobby for me?

Even not minding the ethical questions. I genuienly don't get it. And worse, I feel like a lot of people vibe coding their hobby away, are not even interested in the technology, outside of getting it do their hobby.

I know this comes over a bit critiquey, perhaps because it is a little. But mostly I'm dumb founded. Thanks for any insights. Please don't meat-proxy.

Edit: Just want to mention, I read and appreciate all comments. I just find my own replies sound too harsh, and I don't want to discourage anyone from weighing in. Thank you!

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[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

for some people the result matters more. or they lack the skills to achieve what they want without using these.

as an example, someone i know (over the net) is an old NeXT/OPENSTEP fan for almost 30 years and recently having fun making related stuff with LLMs. like making hw accelerated graphics possible on NeXTstep

few other examples..

this where the author made USB3 controllers' drivers for Win9x/2k. the aim is to get ancient OS running on a modern machine, not necessarily programming a USB controller driver on their own
this where the author made Magic Trackpad 2 drivers for OS X 10.9. This is the last OS X with classic looks, and MT2 support comes since 10.11 so it makes sense somebody wants this.

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