alt Hacker NewsGiving a precise description of what the computer is supposed to do is exactly what programming is.
The more specific your requirements the closer you get to natural language not being useful anymore.
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gspr • today at 4:59 AM
This is actually my biggest gripe with vibecoding. The single best feature of any programming language is that it is precise. And that is what we throw out?! I favor of natural language, of all things?! We're insane!
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I code mostly in APL and J. It’s much faster to type the code than explain everything to AI.