unpopular opinion but vibe coding has ruined every other hobby for me and i am not sorry
i used to have hobbies that ended. i would paint a thing, hang it up, done. i would bake a cake, eat the cake, done. i would do a puzzle, complete the puzzle, stare at the puzzle, take the puzzle apart, slightly depressed.
vibe coding never ends. that is the whole point. that is the curse and the gift.
i started "one small project" in march. it is now a sprawling beast with three half-built features, a database i'm scared to touch, and a settings page that just says "coming soon" in comic sans because i thought it was funny at 2am and now it is a part of the brand
i tried to read a book last week. i got to page twelve and thought "this would be a cool app." i closed the book. i opened cursor. i have not finished a book since april.
i went on a walk to clear my head and instead i mentally architected a feature for forty minutes and came back home and forgot what the walk was for
i have a notes app full of things like "what if it but for dogs" and "auth flow??? cookies???" and "remember the thing" and i do not remember the thing
the worst part is when something works. when you ship a feature and someone you don't know uses it and it does what it's supposed to do. that hit is illegal. no painting ever made me feel like that. no cake. no puzzle. nothing.
my friends ask what i did this weekend and i have to lie because the truth is i refactored the same component four times and felt every emotion a human can feel
i can't even watch tv properly anymore. i'll be three episodes deep and suddenly think "the loading state on my dashboard is wrong" and i have to pause and write it down or it will haunt me
anyway my girlfriend asked me to pick a hobby that has a clear endpoint and i said sure and then i started building an app to help me find one
