Vibe coding is fun and all (here’s my new Hunterthen site), but the behind the scenes work is not.
Updating DNS settings, SSL certificates, troubleshooting your router to not block FTP traffic? SHEESH.
Social media won because it was easy; upload a photo, write a quick bio, and you can upload a video all within 10 minutes.
But if we can’t set up a website in less that 15 minutes then it’s just not worth it.
It’s not that it’s hard, it just takes a bit to figure stuff out. We can do hard things!
I’ve been fiddling around with DNS stuff since the mid 2000s and I’m glad I have Claude to ask about my CNAME settings to properly authenticate my SSL cert.
Then again, this is why everyone doesn’t write a book either. It takes time and patience. Plenty of hurdles.
Either you want to do the thing, and will do whatever it takes, or you won’t.