Ok, I am old and not a techy person… I thought “vibe code” was a bad thing? So, is this ad saying “shitty code without the code?” So it’s just shitty? Or is my understanding of “vibe coding” wrong and it’s a good thing?
Vibe coding typically needs to be double-checked to make sure that it does what it's actually supposed to because LLMs are notoriously prone to hallucinations. This ad suggests that their AI is better and you don't need to double check it.
But what's probably more likely is that they're just trying to break searches for "ai bubble."
Before current AI/LLM shenanigans, there were a lot of "low code/no code" visual programming solutions aimed at allowing novices to write software using little to no code. Visual programming software like Microsoft Power Automate, which provides users with a list of predefined commands which they can drag-and-drop onto a flowchart. When a user clicks the play button, the commands in the flowchart execute in order.
This sort of system is great for novices, allowing people who do not have experience programming (people like you, apparently) to create simple programs that do useful things. But as a project grows in complexity, so does the need to get into the code itself and tinker around to fix the nitty gritty details. A more experienced developer is going to want to get into the lower functions of the program and find a solution to the problem. But these visual programming solutions do not offer the ability to fix the nitty gritty. You are stuck only refining the high-level details, which is often not enough to solve your problem.
"Traditional" vibe coding with languages like JavaScript, C++, etc. can potentially work because an LLM spits out actual programming code that ostensibly does something. And if a developer needs to tweak that code to work a little differently, they hypothetically can. Sure, a pure vibe coder will not know what they are doing as they turn the proverbial knobs in an attempt to fix the system. But at least the knobs are there to turn, and turning them in the right way can potentially eventually solve the problem.
"Vibe code without the code" probably means to speak to an LLM and have it spit out one of those minorly-editable flowcharts. You get the benefits of vibe coding and the detriments of visual programming. You don't know what to do to fix it, and you can't fix it anyway because the tools don't let you.
When I was in Boston they had screen ads like that and the tiles look familiar. Might be NYC? Not many other options in the US, idk about other countries. I don't think you can dox someone just knowing that they're white and they ride the T.
this looks like MTA but I'm not completely sure. the stations can look really wildly different from each other because they're maintained by 3 former train companies in a trenchcoat, with severely asymmetrical priorities
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FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 89 pts · 79d
Oooh so clever, call it bubble so when people search ai bubble…
I mean it’ll probably work on some people…
fullsquare@awful.systems · 15 pts · 79d
jokes on you, google chatbot won't know about it because it was made past cutoff date
nixukty@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 78d
kid named web search tool
Thorry@feddit.org · 51 pts · 78d
Oh no! Our AI bot creates terrible code! We are doomed!
But sir, what if we simply don't show the code to users?
Dammit Jenkins, you did it again! You are a genius!
pivot_root@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 78d
Fixed that for you.
toynbee@piefed.social · 3 pts · 78d
Like serverless applications ...
fullsquare@awful.systems · 37 pts · 79d
you might think that there's a bubble
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 24 pts · 79d
Slop - new recipe now with more slop! Buy one AI and get a tulip bulb for free!
ickplant@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 78d
Ok, I am old and not a techy person… I thought “vibe code” was a bad thing? So, is this ad saying “shitty code without the code?” So it’s just shitty? Or is my understanding of “vibe coding” wrong and it’s a good thing?
scutiger@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 78d
Vibe coding typically needs to be double-checked to make sure that it does what it's actually supposed to because LLMs are notoriously prone to hallucinations. This ad suggests that their AI is better and you don't need to double check it.
But what's probably more likely is that they're just trying to break searches for "ai bubble."
ickplant@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 78d
I see, thank you for explaining. So, shitty AI company making shitty ads about probably a shitty product.
laz@pawb.social · 6 pts · 78d
So business as usual :')
SirActionSack@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 78d
It's all hallucinations. Sometimes the hallucinations are close enough to reality to be useful.
SatyrSack@quokk.au · 13 pts · 78d
Before current AI/LLM shenanigans, there were a lot of "low code/no code" visual programming solutions aimed at allowing novices to write software using little to no code. Visual programming software like Microsoft Power Automate, which provides users with a list of predefined commands which they can drag-and-drop onto a flowchart. When a user clicks the play button, the commands in the flowchart execute in order.
This sort of system is great for novices, allowing people who do not have experience programming (people like you, apparently) to create simple programs that do useful things. But as a project grows in complexity, so does the need to get into the code itself and tinker around to fix the nitty gritty details. A more experienced developer is going to want to get into the lower functions of the program and find a solution to the problem. But these visual programming solutions do not offer the ability to fix the nitty gritty. You are stuck only refining the high-level details, which is often not enough to solve your problem.
"Traditional" vibe coding with languages like JavaScript, C++, etc. can potentially work because an LLM spits out actual programming code that ostensibly does something. And if a developer needs to tweak that code to work a little differently, they hypothetically can. Sure, a pure vibe coder will not know what they are doing as they turn the proverbial knobs in an attempt to fix the system. But at least the knobs are there to turn, and turning them in the right way can potentially eventually solve the problem.
"Vibe code without the code" probably means to speak to an LLM and have it spit out one of those minorly-editable flowcharts. You get the benefits of vibe coding and the detriments of visual programming. You don't know what to do to fix it, and you can't fix it anyway because the tools don't let you.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 78d
It's probably some app engine that lets product teams enter prompts without even giving the option to view the code.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 78d
Calling it bubble is really tempting fate.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 78d
We’ve officially jumped the shark.
blackjam_alex@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
I'm yoinking this image
plutopos@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 78d
Imagine getting doxxed because someone recognized the subway tiles
Sergio@piefed.social · 5 pts · 78d
When I was in Boston they had screen ads like that and the tiles look familiar. Might be NYC? Not many other options in the US, idk about other countries. I don't think you can dox someone just knowing that they're white and they ride the T.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 78d
NGL I was gonna say this looks like a T-Stop. Maybe Kendall or South Station?
misterbngo@awful.systems · 2 pts · 78d
I was thinking South station/downtown crossing, kendall doesn't have the division like that and has the tubular bells
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 76d
Didn't they just redo kendall outbound tho?
It's been a while...I work in that area but wfh 99% of the time and drive in like 0.75%. I don't recall if new Kendall outbound has the bells still.
Sergio@piefed.social · 1 pts · 78d
It'd make sense that they'd put a tech ad at Kendall/MIT. Or anywhere on the northern Red line tbh.
janus2@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 78d
not even necessarily white
janus2@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 78d
good luck doxxing someone in NYC lol
this looks like MTA but I'm not completely sure. the stations can look really wildly different from each other because they're maintained by 3 former train companies in a trenchcoat, with severely asymmetrical priorities
Swaus01@piefed.social · 15 pts · 78d
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 78d
Pay us $100 more per month for ass wiping subscription
Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 78d
It's like buying a memecoin called ponzi
Kirk@startrek.website · 13 pts · 78d
I was just recently reading that the NYC subway is awash in vague weird B2B AI ads directed at nobody and they're calling it "subway slop".
jtrek@startrek.website · 3 pts · 78d
Oh yeah there's a lot of them and they're terrible.
I like that someone edited one so instead of saying "one click: job done" it said "one click: job gone"
Kirk@startrek.website · 2 pts · 78d
I swear the people who deface subway ads in New York are some of the cleverest funniest sonsofbitches around.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 13 pts · 78d
Shipping code without anyone ever looking at it, WCGW?
Wispy2891@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 78d
Wow the $549/month version gives access to 20 days of server logs, how generous
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 78d
I first thought this was an ad for a bobba shop, and thought it was clever.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 78d
We call that vibing.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 78d
I miss when vibing was just taking ecstacy at raves
Etterra@discuss.online · 3 pts · 78d
Duct tape is cheap.
mynameisbob@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 78d
so stupid hahah
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 78d
tbh most if not all ads are terrible, i actually kinda like how this one doesn't feature shitty ai generated slop images