Stephen Downes

I have't tried D'Arcy Norman's application, though it's on my list. What is really interesting, though, is not what he made (though it's quite useful) but how he made it. "The process of vibecoding (gag) this thing went pretty well. To be transparent, it was definitely not a one-shot vibecoding thing. It took 46 sessions spread over 3 weeks - 237 'turns' of going back-and-forth to get the application to this point. It's like working with a novice intern that can kinda-sorta do the thing, with enough guidance." That's similar to my own experience working with AI to write software, l except that in my case I worked alongside AI on the code itself, more like pair programming than working with an intern.