[jplusequalt]

>but I also wonder if this is the same thing that assembly language programmers said about compilers

But as a programmer writing C code, you're still building out the software by hand. You're having to read and write a slightly higher level encoding of the software.

With vibe coding, you don't even deal with encodings. You just prompt and move on.

[zerkten]

I've wondered if people who write detailed specs, are overly detailed, are in a regulated industry, or even work with offshore teams have success more quickly simply they start with that behavior. Maybe they have a tendency to dwell before moving on which may be slightly more iterative than someone who vibecodes straight through.