Software on Perfect Lunacy https://perfectlunacy.com/tags/software/ Recent content in Software on Perfect Lunacy Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us lucas@perfectlunacy.com (Lucas) lucas@perfectlunacy.com (Lucas) Tue, 26 May 2026 13:51:56 -0700 YOLO or Bust? There's a Third Option https://perfectlunacy.com/posts/the-third-way/ Tue, 26 May 2026 13:51:56 -0700lucas@perfectlunacy.com (Lucas) https://perfectlunacy.com/posts/the-third-way/ Using LLMs for writing software - so-called “vibe-coding”, but I prefer “grow-coding” - is taking the world of software development by storm. Love it or hate it, using LLM-based tooling for writing code is everywhere right now. In his Welcome to Gas Town post, Steve Yegge posits a set of developmental stages many engineers go through while using AI. At stage 1 you’re really not using AI at all. Maybe auto-complete in the IDE, but not really leaning on it.