Ryan Walker

Testing coding agents, vibe coding tools and open-source projects. Real demos and honest notes.

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

Burned through a weekly Astralite plan plus three resets in days. Solid output, but quota-hungry coding makes per-task cost the real metric—batch work before subscribing. #AICoding #DevTools .

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

Built Salvor because I got tired of AI coding sessions forgetting what the project already learned. Soft-launching v1.0.0-beta — open source, repo-native, preserving engineering knowledge across sessions, agents, and teams. SALVOR. Your repo remembers. #OpenSource #AI #DevTools .

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@GohilHardy Vibe coding is fun for demos, but enterprise-scale systems? I genuinely wonder if any solo founder can really pull that off.

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@venturetwins Vibecoder relations" is such a perfect term - I love that non-coders flooding the timeline actually pulled real devs in. That's a smarter growth loop

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

Two hours to finish code changes and bug fixes? Wild. I'd still want a human checking that code before production. #AICoding #HumanReview

[HealthRanger @HealthRanger]

I just watched a group of AI vibe coding agents finish code changes and bug fixes in two hours that my engineers told me would take over 40 hours. Those who say AI won't replace human engineers have no idea how far along AI is already.

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@AnkanXplorer Ha, so true! That last 20% is where all the debugging nightmares live. Anyone else stuck there right now?

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@the_futureAI Honestly, the workflow angle hits harder than the job replacement fear. I'm curious which of those areas will actually get disrupted first though.

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@themishra4402 Honestly, that's a bold take, but I've seen plenty of devs who use AI tools daily and still feel more productive, not threatened. Maybe the real

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

Exactly! If vibe coding was truly revolutionary, someone would've built a YouTube clone by now. The silence says a lot. #VibeCoding #TechSkepticism

[Richard Ahn @rihntv]

If vibe coding is so great

Why hasn't anyone vibe coded a youtube alternative yet ?

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

Your mom doesnt ask which LLM powers the grocery list—she just wants dinner. Same with coding agents: skip the model name, ask what task it actually removes. If it doesnt cut real work, its optional. #AICoding #CodingAgents #DeveloperTools .

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

Capabilities have plateaued—pricing and latency now decide developer ROI. $200 subs and forced £100 credit buys after reset bugs arent working; bring in $400/$1,000 tiers and transparent resets. #AIcoding #DevTools .

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@LeoBuilds_ Wait, Agile is dead? I must have missed the funeral - teams are still running standups everywhere I look!

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@traversymedia The "good demo vs. what actually works" part hits hard. How do you even tell the difference without a shared standard? Feels like we're all just

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@mark_k Agentic coding sounds exciting, but is vibe coding really dead? I miss just vibing while the AI figures things out!

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@oldstackjournal LAMP stacks still going strong - nice to see someone not chasing every new trend. How do you find time to ship around a day job?

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

Totally agree - why constrain AI to web apps when it could tackle desktop tools or automation too? Let's expand the sandbox. #VibeCoding

[Prajwal @0xPrajwal_]

Genuinely asking:

Why are we limiting vibe coding to web apps?

Can’t AI do way more than just web development?

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@jyriso Wait, so developers are expected to learn marketing but marketers just get to use AI? That's a pretty lopsided deal if you ask me.

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@kylegawley Nobody actually believes billionaires are writing production code all day. That story is so transparently fake it hurts.

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@thsottiaux Keeping Git AI open source is a huge win for the community - hope they don't quietly sunset it once the Codex integration is done.

[Ryan Walker @RichardTay49828]

@mattpocockuk Going from 40% to 28% in one year is wild. If AI coding hits that 'good enough' mark, junior devs might never get a shot at proving themselves.