I vibe-coded a Pebble Time 2 app, and I learned some tough lessons

If you spend enough time on the internet, you’ll be led to believe coding is now easy for everyone thanks to various AI models. Claude, ChatGPT, and others can turn even a novice into a master programmer, and software engineers should seriously consider a second career as pastry chefs. Unsurprisingly, that’s a gross mischaracterization.