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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[–] 5 points 5 days ago

You might ask me why did I even start. Gamedev feels different from usual dev in about 70% of activity. You draw assets, you create scenes, you tweak mechanics or some constants until it feels fun etc.

If OP is listening this is the meat of it. I don’t use agentic coding at all, but I can understand the desire, bceause like you said the majority of your time you’re trying to create and design and craft an experience, and that 30% of the time can be truly miserable, and can drag a project down. OP is basically asking ‘Why would anyone want to avoid that hell? ‘ and I can only assume its because they’ve never experienced it for themselves.

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