As a lazy, lapsed programmer, I feel that tools like Antigravity and Codex have changed my day-to-day workflows and, despite some major foibles, I cannot recommend them highly enough.
For the better part of a decade, I have felt somewhat ashamed that I have allowed the skills obtained during my Computer Science degree study to wither and practically disappear. 100% it is a “me” problem, but like many graduates of my era (early 2010s), I never quite stuck in one area of the tech industry to utilize the programming skills I had built over the course of a 3-year University degree.
I’d worked on little projects here and there, but alas, I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I just don’t find programming all that fun or interesting. It has always felt like a grind. A means to an end. I liked the idea generation, the conceptualization, but I just ain’t about the implementation. I know, I know, maybe those ideas shouldn’t ever come to fruition you scream at your screen. That’s an incredibly fair criticism.
The very idea of a “vibe code” session does feel lazy – because in many ways it is. And yes, it does feel like maybe my mini projects don’t deserve to be made if I’m unable to get off my ass and put in the groundwork myself. The thing is, I felt like that until I used Codex and Antigravity just a few short months ago.
