THE VIDEO SHELF · ai-assisted programming
Vibe coding complex changes in Rust
Jon Gjengset spends about three hours livecoding complex changes in a Rust codebase with agentic AI tools, testing his hypothesis that AI is weak at non-pattern work. He documents where Claude Code helps and where it struggles.
Why HN readers recommended it
Pointed to as a non-promotional, realistic long session of an experienced engineer working with AI on non-trivial code.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Jon Gjengset
- Topic
- ai-assisted programming
- Format
- demo
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2025–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Jon Gjengset (jonhoo) Who is famously fastidious did a stream on live coding where he did something similar in terms of control. Worth of a watch if that is a style you want to explore. [VIDEO] I don't have the energy to do that for …
sitkack on Hacker News · 2025-08
In AI doesn't lighten the burden of masteryIronically, when machine learning is getting “deeper & deeper”, human learning is getting more and more impatient and shallow. I have been searching “Vibe coding” videos on YouTube that are not promoting something. And I found this one and sat down and watched the whole …
ontouchstart on Hacker News · 2026-01
In Profession by Isaac Asimov
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
