Mixed
In all cases it was much faster than me at completely failing to solve the problem
daemonologist on Hacker News
In the thread “Ask HN: Are You Vibe Coding?”
Helped: Translating functions between Python, C, and JS.
Got in the way: Solving bugs or implementing new features.
… However, I've tried it a few times after getting stuck on a bug or approach to implementing a new feature. In all cases it was much faster than me at completely failing to solve the problem. (models: QWQ, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Sonnet 3.7) For now I still find LLMs more useful as a sub-line autocomplete. …