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by spaceman_2020 285 days ago
I have about 6 months of actual coding knowledge via bootcamp. But I’ve seen enough repos that I know what good practices look like.

That’s about enough for me to build out fairly complex products very fast with AI (Claude Code). Claude Code often makes some fundamental mistakes that you wouldn’t be able to catch if you didn’t have any coding experience (like today, it was trying to save large images directly in the database instead of using file storage).

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> But I’ve seen enough repos that I know what good practices look like.

This is the danger - I get why you think it's true, but it's not true. I've mentored many many bootcamp grads. The biggest danger with y'all is you don't know what you don't know.

Even if you are a really good bootcamp grad and you have good taste and ability, you do not have experience. Software experience is measured really in years and decades, not months.

I agree. But I’m not making enterprise software - I’m making fun little apps where people can virtually try on clothes. As long as I keep my customers data secure (which I do), I think its okay to vibe code this stuff away.