Vibe coding and token prices

I've always been a bit of a techie. But my web development skills stopped at HTML and CSS, along with a bit of JavaScript. Large language models changed that; they've allowed plebs like me to do what the kids call "vibe coding".

Prices force me to think carefully about which models I'm using for a particular task. If I had an unlimited plan, I'd just pick something like Claude Fable or Kimi K3 and go to town without a second thought.

Vibe coding has an extremely low barrier to entry, but doing it properly still requires a significant time investment. To build a functional project requires constant iteration, code audits, and You should also be comfortable running commands in a terminal (if self-hosting), although services like vercel make that easier. GitHub is essential; when I first started, I was messing around with Kimi in some test code and saw this thought process - imagine if I had been working on something serious! GitHub largely solves that problem by making commits before editing something else.

You still have to think. The AI doesn't know what to do. It can whip up endless slop, but it needs the careful hand of a human to guide and troubleshoot.

"Prices and profits serve to reward people for productive activity and to steer resources toward their best uses. Rather than being set by evil captains of industry, prices and profits emerge from decentralized activities and complex interactions within markets."