[meowface]

Key point:

>I've also sometimes let AI do quite heavy lifting; for example, the frontend for my latest weekend project, SquadUtils, was done almost entirely by Claude. It's important to note, though, that I was always able to reason about the code and guide Claude in the correct direction if it made mistakes.

AI coding - if you know how to prompt and follow-up-prompt and review well - can greatly boost productivity for almost everyone reading this comment. This article is warning about unguided, "AI-take-the-wheel" outsourcing, not prompt-based programming in general.

Maybe in a few years something approaching true vibe coding will be much feasible, as well. We're early.