I’ve noticed I’m happy letting AI touch basically everything now - code, debugging, research, design.
But there are still certain decisions where I’d rather do the thinking myself than just accept whatever it gives me.
For me a big one was probably realising that less is actually better when it comes to design.
I used to keep adding stuff because I thought it made the app look more impressive, but half the time it just ended up making it look more obviously vibe coded 😂
Now I normally just try to keep everything really clean and simple, especially for an MVP. It’s easier to digest for users that don't already know your product, and honestly just looks way better.
What about you guys?
If AI keeps writing and then fixing its own code, do we eventually reach a point where no human really understands the codebase?
Does that become a problem for big projects, or will AI get good enough that it won’t matter?
Do you think serious projects will always need an experienced dev overseeing them?
One thing that’s saved me a stupid amount of pain is using git worktrees.
Instead of having 2–3 agents all editing the same repo and randomly overwriting each other, give each one its own worktree + branch.
Every time I think something is basically done, I realise I could add another feature in like 20 minutes lmao
I’m curious how people think Astra will actually stack up against Fable 5 and the other top models.
For me, a slight performance benchmark jump that is barely noticeable isn't enough anymore. I’d want it to feel noticeably better when building - better at understanding a whole project, staying consistent over long sessions, good usage efficiency, and not randomly breaking stuff that already works 😂
I feel like AI has made it way easier to get attached to an idea before you even know if it’s actually good.
Like you can have the site looking clean, the product mostly working, branding done, a bunch of features added… and because it all looks “real” you kinda start convincing yourself you’re onto something.
Before AI, you’d eventually hit a point where adding another feature took too much time or money, so you’d just launch.
Now you can keep changing things forever. New landing page, new feature, new onboarding flow, another redesign…
Feel like everyone building something has that one thing they keep saying needs to be done first. Could be payments, security, or I guess just not feeling ready yet.
What’s the thing holding yours up right now?
I genuinely thought building the actual product would be the hardest part, and marketing would just be posting content, running some ads and reaching out to people.
Turns out getting people to actually care has probably been the biggest obstacle so far lol.
What marketing strategies have actually worked for you, especially early on without a massive budget or audience?
I feel like AI gets you most of the way there so fast now, but despite how advanced it is I still can't help but notice how 'dumb' it can still be sometimes. What usually slows you guys down the most?
All the advanced AI optimisation and integration you see online exists within its own bubble. Making it seem like everyone is building agents and automating businesses. I’ve fallen into this mindset myself and worried that everyone was ahead, when in reality, most people still use AI for basic writing, search or brainstorming (and lots of the time they don't even do those things particularly well)
Most of AI content comes from founders, developers and investors who benefit from making adoption look faster than it really is. Chances are, you’re like me - confusing online visibility with mainstream use.
With vibe coding blowing up over the past year or so, I’m sure we’ve all had our fair share of ideas that seemed way too good not to work, and easier than ever to build - only for it to not go how we expected.
If that’s happened to you, what was the idea, why do you think it didn’t work, and how have you adapted going into future projects?
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All the advanced AI optimisation/ntegration you see online exists within its own bubble. It makes it seem like everyone is building agents and automating businesses. I’ve fallen victim to this mindset myself and worried that everyone was ahead, when in reality, most people still use AI for basic writing, search or brainstorming (and even then they probably don't do those things efficiently).
A lot of AI content comes from founders, developers ect who benefit from making AI adoption look faster than it really is. Chances are, you’re like me - confusing online visibility with mainstream use.
Been using Remotion with Claude Code and it works, but tbh the videos still end up looking pretty basic/AI-generated and in many cases i feel like im spending more time iterating than it would take for me to just edit the vid myself. What prompts or tricks are you guys using to make them feel more polished?
Been seeing everyone talk about Opus 5 and Kimi lately and I'm starting to think - for people actually building with this stuff, are newer models still making a massive difference?
Or is most of the advantage now just coming from how you set up the agents, tools, memory, prompts etc?
Genuinely curious cause I feel like sometimes people overhype new models...