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MixedChatGPT · 14 May 2025

The problem I'm having is that it's just too damn easy to follow its advice without checking

mystified5016 on Hacker News

In the thread “Perverse incentives of vibe coding”, replying to this comment

Helped: Guided through unfamiliar Kotlin/Android project as an API reference.

Got in the way: Made it too easy to follow advice without checking, leading to lazy thinking.

… ChatGPT has been guiding me through what needs to be done. The problem I'm having is that it's just too damn easy to follow its advice without checking. I might save a few minutes over reading the docs myself, but I don't get the context the docs would have given me. …