This is absolutely FASCINATING to me. This man is learning so much about "coding" implicitly without learning any Python syntax. How to iterate in smaller steps when a big step fails. What's an API? How to massage data from one source into a format usable by the next stage in the pipeline. Adding things you forgot on the first iteration. How to use the command line (type "python3" instead of python, using the up arrow to run the same thing over again).
My favorite comment so far (I haven't gotten to the end) paraphrased:
"I don't know what Swagger is, but let's just paste it in here."
Somehow he figured out that Swagger docs tell Cursor enough to figure out how to talk to this API. Which is exactly what Swagger is for!
Seems like the odd, formal syntax of programming languages is the major block for many people from doing software development. Because he is doing every other step a professional developer does when building an application.
As a non-programmer the syntax is one obstacle to getting more familiar with the software tools. But so is the number of tools they use with names that don't even hint at what they do.
Just from what you wrote, I don't know cursor, but sounds like something to do with word processing so maybe it helps write docs. Then swagger that sounds like maybe it goes around grabbing free stuff? Maybe its a dependency manager?
Yep, I enjoyed all the aspects you mentioned from the video as well. It was quite satisfying and fun to watch. And he's also obviously a very smart and competent guy who seems to know how to just pick things up quickly and "figure stuff out," and those qualities definitely don't hurt in a vibe coding scenario.
My favorite comment so far (I haven't gotten to the end) paraphrased:
"I don't know what Swagger is, but let's just paste it in here."
Somehow he figured out that Swagger docs tell Cursor enough to figure out how to talk to this API. Which is exactly what Swagger is for!
Seems like the odd, formal syntax of programming languages is the major block for many people from doing software development. Because he is doing every other step a professional developer does when building an application.