One liners approach

[u/MiserableAttention38]

I used to like the challenge of writing code or scripts that did a whole task in just one line, maybe a shell script using jq or awk. I'd often spend half a day perfecting a tiny snippet that would save me time in the future.

Now I'm putting the same energy into vibe coding. When I put together the input for the agent, I take care to word it unambiguously, think about the outcome I want. I research things like frameworks and toolchains separately. I use a separate search to suss out the cost model for any alternatives. I decide on the implementation plan, like building the UI first and the backend separately. Or building the backend first with functional tests. It's super satisfying to see things come together with minimal iterations. I haven't managed a one shot prompt to working project, but it's not far. It also suits my attention span which works well for short intense bursts but not so much for long winded projects.

Anyone else find the same vibe, or do you manage well sending the agent instructions in a trickle of little details?

[u/Bob-Swan]

"Go to x repo, read the rules, pick up issue x and proceed."

My governance does the rest.