I Can't Believe It's Not Zero! on Nostr: the difference (to my mind) is that if you have a solid foundation in “how things ...

the difference (to my mind) is that if you have a solid foundation in “how things actually work”, you can design an experiment to figure out what is really happening so you don’t get misled. Absent that foundation … all you can do is hope.

That doesn’t have to mean “writing assembly,” but “knowing that there’s an actual spec and knowing how to read one” is an _invaluable_ skill that’s severely diluted by vibe coding. Even the idea of having a spec is diluted.