If you’re leaning out, spend two weeks leaning in.
I did, and learned a ton, and likely not going back to how I was before, or how I used it a week ago.
The comments in the article about not reading the agent is good but it’s more than that…
Vibe coding is for non-coders. Yet, you get a feel for the vibe of the AI. With windsurf, you have two or three files open, and working in one. It starts smashing out the multi, interspersed, line edits and you know with a flutter of your eyes, it’s got your vibe and correctly predicted your next ten lines. And for a moment you forgive it for leading you astray when you read what it said.
I did, and learned a ton, and likely not going back to how I was before, or how I used it a week ago.
The comments in the article about not reading the agent is good but it’s more than that…
Vibe coding is for non-coders. Yet, you get a feel for the vibe of the AI. With windsurf, you have two or three files open, and working in one. It starts smashing out the multi, interspersed, line edits and you know with a flutter of your eyes, it’s got your vibe and correctly predicted your next ten lines. And for a moment you forgive it for leading you astray when you read what it said.