Vibe Coding an Emacs Package: Where It Succeeds and Where It Falls Short

Vibe Coding an Emacs Package: Where It Succeeds and Where It Falls Short(inlandcursor.bearblog.dev)

5 points by drcxd 236 days ago | 2 comments

I vibe coded an Emacs package recently. I've used Emacs for years, but never done any nontrivial elisp. Couple functions here and there, and advice to modify behaviors.

It worked pretty well, but there are pretty obvious shortcomings. The code isn't very good. It has some odd design choices. But overall, it works.

I know enough elisp to modify the existing package, so I'm using the LLM less and less as time goes on (which is where I've found they mostly start to suck), but I didn't know enough to get started, so I'm happy about the outcome.

drcxd 235 days ago | |

Yeah, can't agree more. LLMs are good at getting you started, but you still have to read the code, learn something, make it your own, so that when LLMs start to suck, you know how to solve the problem on your own.