Getting elite twice: know every line before the AI writes it, review every line after, ship by lunch.01I don't need autocomplete. Hand-typed. Artisanal. Not shipped.02Prompt and pray: the same TypeError pasted into the chat 31 times. Suggested fix: learn what a function is.03Choose your fighter: the classic, the vibe coder, or the elite who writes code, uses AI and reads every diff.04The 'AI is just fancy autocomplete' starter pack: 36 tmux panes, a vimrc older than the intern, zero pull requests.05The 'built it in a weekend' starter pack: tab, tab, accept all, API key committed to main, works on my machine.06Elite twice. The model types. You decide. 1,184 lines drafted, every line read, 212 rejected.07Free-range, hand-typed code: keystrokes up, features shipped flat, opinions about AI off the chart.08Vibe debugging: read the error, paste the error, tab tab accept all, delete the repo and prompt a new one.09AI replaced the part of me that typed. The part that thinks got a raise.101987: compilers make programmers lazy. 2026: AI makes programmers lazy. Same guy. Still not shipping.11Git blame says it was you. You say it was the vibes.12Pick your curve: classic stays flat, the vibe coder crashes at the first prod incident, elite plus AI keeps climbing.13Certificate of manual labour. Time saved: 0 hours. Moral high ground: maximum.14A vibe coder's weekend: a SaaS on Friday, a public database by Sunday, a course about it on Monday.15Achievement unlocked: this developer embraced AI and is now elite twice.16Three generations of refusing the tool. Three generations of getting outshipped.17Vibe coder priorities: learning what a for loop does, nah. Typing 'make it work, no bugs, please' 30 times, yep.18It compiles. Ship it, king.19My copilot is the senior.20Peak performance, 6 out of 10.21Side projects, a love story.22
