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>>laurex+(OP)
> Its “almost there” quality — the feeling we’re just one prompt away from the perfect solution — is what makes it so addicting. Vibe coding operates on the principle of variable-ratio reinforcement, a powerful form of operant conditioning where rewards come unpredictably. Unlike fixed rewards, this intermittent success pattern (“the code works! it’s brilliant! it just broke! wtf!”), triggers stronger dopamine responses in our brain’s reward pathways, similar to gambling behaviors.

Though I'm not a "vibe coder" myself I very much recognize this as part of the "appeal" of GenAI tools more generally. Trying to get Image Generators to do what I want has a very "gambling-like" quality to it.

>>vansch+T6
Same with anything though? Startups, marriages, kids.

All those laid off coders gambled on a career that didn’t pan out.

Want more certainty in life, gonna have to get political.

And even then there is no guarantee the future give a crap. Society may well collapse in 30 years, or 100…

This is all just role play to satisfy the prior generations story driven illusions.