Steve Yegge’s Gas Town: Vibe coding goes crypto scam (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 7 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Stop it. Get some help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_8gPam4tM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260122-steve-yegges-gas-town-vibe-coding-goes-crypto-scam - podcast

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[-] blakestacey@awful.systems 21 points 7 months ago

"Gas Town"?

"Gas Town?!"

He unironically made the postapocalyptic wasteland from the cautionary tale, Mad Max: Do Not Make the Postapocalyptic Wasteland

This is the same pre-emptive irony as naming your brand of New Age crap "Goop", only now with voluntarily plugging yourself into the machine that statistically simulates the ravings of a schizophrenic when it's not generating child pornography, while setting up direct deposit to your dealer of meth, jimsonweed and Substance D

[-] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 7 points 7 months ago

And its a fable about having to petition a mercurial and brutal authority for resources you need to live! A lesson that anyone who wants to make their living vibe-coding should ponder.

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