Every vibe coded site is too dark and the text is too small.
progbits 2 days ago [-]
They all have this rounded box design as well. I wonder where that came from, I don't think it was a predominant style before.
xg15 1 days ago [-]
Recently asked Codex (GPT-5.2) to write a small single-page HTML frontend to debug some REST endpoints. As it was just a one-off tool, I put in no instructions about looks or styling at all. Lo and behold, the tool it wrote came with exactly that round-box style.
It seems to be the "default" style of some models for some reason.
Which makes me wonder if people already experimented with different style suggestions to get different results: "Make it look like an 1998 GeoCities page" / 2005 Facebook / Newgrounds / DeviantArt / HN / one of those Windows XP simulators with built-in window manager / etc
mrkramer 2 days ago [-]
I vibe code web apps with Google's Gemini and I think it actually mimics Google's UI and UX because I see similarities between my vibe coded web apps and Google's web apps.
progbits 2 days ago [-]
But that's a different style from the these colorful border rounded boxes that I think Claude in particular loves to produce.
mdp 2 days ago [-]
This is fair, although I ask for it to be dark themed to match what I think was the style of typing game I remember growing up with (it's been a while). Bumped up the font though.
xnorswap 1 days ago [-]
Next time please ask it to respect system dark/light mode preference, it's trivial to do, especially for an LLM which can spin up light/dark alternatives easily.
NooneAtAll3 1 days ago [-]
no
considering free windows being light theme only, it should be a button, not a "system default"
zamadatix 1 days ago [-]
By "free windows" do you just mean an unactivated copy of Windows? That doesn't prevent the user from configuring their preference in the browser itself.
xnorswap 1 days ago [-]
There should be a button too, but it's simple to add a line so that it also defaults to any provided preference.
gdcbe 1 days ago [-]
… is that even legal to do for microsoft? Are there no requirements to adhere to certain standards? Would have thought that is part of it.
love2read 1 days ago [-]
what would the requirement be? "thou must provide the full paid service to those who do not pay"?
CamperBob2 1 days ago [-]
That's fine, too. Either way, give the user the choice.
btilly 2 days ago [-]
My top complaint is that if I've successfully used a pattern, I want my text removed. I keep forgetting to backspace a bunch, then get frustrated that my pattern isn't working.
Other than that, great game!
lofaszvanitt 1 days ago [-]
And not playtested at all :D
christoph-heiss 2 days ago [-]
And all the text is grey-on-grey and basically unreadable. Not to even mention accessibility.
bmm6o 13 hours ago [-]
Automated accessibility testing needs to be in your loop, whether you are using an llm or not. Aria labels are easy to get right but they are also easy to forget.
mchaver 1 days ago [-]
I could envision the style even before clicking on the site.
PurpleRamen 1 days ago [-]
Maybe because it 1337 hackerman-style, or something.
flykespice 2 days ago [-]
Every vibecoded site have this same dark look with shining hue-gradient borders, can't wait for the future the entire web be filled with this generic look
darkstar999 2 days ago [-]
What evidence do you have that this is vibe coded?
flexagoon 2 days ago [-]
Because it looks exactly the same and feels as janky as 99% of vibecoded web apps
ks2048 1 days ago [-]
Just based on vibes.
efilife 1 days ago [-]
He just can tell. Like you can tell when you are looking at a flower and can instantly name what it is. You can just tell
HanClinto 2 days ago [-]
Nice game!
We made a similar game several years ago for the Pyweek game competition, but there wasn't the fun "letter invaders" style that this one has.
Might be good to limit some of the special operators to give more focus -- otherwise the early levels are a bit too solvable with ".*"
1-more 2 days ago [-]
I don't understand the first "combat" level. There's no real defining pattern separating the good from bad hex strings, so it's just a typing speed contest to type all the enemy patterns, right? What am I missing?
Andoryuuta 2 days ago [-]
As far as I can tell, the first combat level enemies all start with "ALERT-" and have exactly 3 digits.
1-more 1 days ago [-]
sorry, second combat level. It's all 6 digit hex color strings, some good some bad.
Andoryuuta 1 days ago [-]
Ah, I see. Yeah, that one definitely took me multiple attempts to see what it wanted.
I believe that the "enemies":
1. Must start with "#"
2. Must be exactly 6 hex digits
3. Must be lowercase
1-more 1 days ago [-]
Ohhhhh I swore there were friendlies with lowercase too! Thank you!!
schiem 1 days ago [-]
There are, just not lowercase characters that are valid hex.
joshribakoff 2 days ago [-]
I cant even read this because most of the text is outside my phones viewport. Please test your stuff before posting it here.
freedomben 2 days ago [-]
Wow really cool! Genuinely fun, and educational at the same time.
One usability request: after firing a regex, could the text box be cleared? It's not hard to hit Ctrl+A and start typing again, but it does add a bit of friction. (I can send a PR)
ebergen 1 days ago [-]
I played through the training level and it took me a minute to realize it's sub string/grep match. So in the first training level the pattern . matches everything when it feels like it should be .* to match all the characters of the enemies.
The UI looks great!
baud9600 1 days ago [-]
Does not render correctly on iOS (mobile Safari)? It’s a fixed Desktop view and you can’t pinch to zoom as needed. It takes effort to prevent mobile users like this! Do others get this experience?
tyleo 1 days ago [-]
I have this exact problem. Looks vibe coded with little testing :/
love2read 1 days ago [-]
Really fun. I just wish that stats were saved in localhost (like combat mode progress) and that esc instantly ended the round if you know you will lose.
Cute. I had a crack at it but for me the fatal flaw is having to specifically delete the last regex before entering the next one, especially as the action gets tight. Each regex should go away once it's submitted, duh...
pimlottc 1 days ago [-]
The colors are difficult for colorblind people. Orange/green is difficult already, and then green turns into red depending on the state? Ugh. Looks fun but unplayable for me.
lasgawe 1 days ago [-]
Haha, this is nice. I'm bad at regex most of the time. Playing this felt like when I first switched from Visual Studio to Vim. it’s a bit of a learning curve. It’s an interactive game btw
JanisErdmanis 2 days ago [-]
This is really funny ;D Gives Tetris vibes and is executed beautifully.
NooneAtAll3 1 days ago [-]
I wish it wasn't time-limited...
mrkramer 2 days ago [-]
This looks like something I would vibe code with Google's Gemini. Interesting concept.
sublinear 1 days ago [-]
The page width is not responsive and unusable on mobile
brew-hacker 2 days ago [-]
Fun interactive game!
UltraSane 1 days ago [-]
cool idea but it needs to get slower as the levels get harder
SilentM68 2 days ago [-]
Cool idea! I shall give it a try :)
mdp 4 days ago [-]
TL;DR: I think you should still learn regex, even though AI has made it a "useless" skill
Not so useless. In my experience LLMs are about 50/50 on making a regex that actually works and covers the cases you asked it for. Even less when you get into cases needing advanced features like backreferences and lookahead.
littlekey 1 days ago [-]
Anecdotal data point, writing and maintaining regex is still a core part of my job. Not useless at all for me :)
croes 2 days ago [-]
A little bit early to tell.
Let’s wait how affordable, available and good AI is when the companies turn to profit maximization and enshittification begins
cachius 2 days ago [-]
You can go local now with qwen 3.5 9B Q4 powering hermes agent at 35 to 50 tok/s with 99 percent tool call success rate on a used RTX 3060 for the price of two months of ChatGPT Pro and never bother. https://xcancel.com/sudoingX/status/2033020823846674546#m
Nope, if nobody trains the models on new data you have at some point an outdated model.
Imagine Qwen 3.5 created in the 1990s and then use it for today web or desktop development.
And is the problem solved that training AI with AI code makes the AI worse? If not the "it only gets better" claim is questionable.
autoexec 1 days ago [-]
> Nope, if nobody trains the models on new data you have at some point an outdated model.
As people train the models on new data they'll be increasingly training on AI output including hallucinations and slop. More garbage in means even more garbage out and the cycle will continue as "updated" models decline in quality.
neonsunset 2 days ago [-]
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It seems to be the "default" style of some models for some reason.
Which makes me wonder if people already experimented with different style suggestions to get different results: "Make it look like an 1998 GeoCities page" / 2005 Facebook / Newgrounds / DeviantArt / HN / one of those Windows XP simulators with built-in window manager / etc
considering free windows being light theme only, it should be a button, not a "system default"
Other than that, great game!
We made a similar game several years ago for the Pyweek game competition, but there wasn't the fun "letter invaders" style that this one has.
https://pyweek.org/e/RegExExpress/
I really like your implementation!
Might be good to limit some of the special operators to give more focus -- otherwise the early levels are a bit too solvable with ".*"
I believe that the "enemies":
1. Must start with "#"
2. Must be exactly 6 hex digits
3. Must be lowercase
One usability request: after firing a regex, could the text box be cleared? It's not hard to hit Ctrl+A and start typing again, but it does add a bit of friction. (I can send a PR)
The UI looks great!
https://mdp.github.io/2026/03/17/the-kids-are-alright-and-th...
Let’s wait how affordable, available and good AI is when the companies turn to profit maximization and enshittification begins
This is the worst local AI will ever be. It only gets better from here. https://xcancel.com/sudoingX/status/2033959603944493192#m
Imagine Qwen 3.5 created in the 1990s and then use it for today web or desktop development.
And is the problem solved that training AI with AI code makes the AI worse? If not the "it only gets better" claim is questionable.
As people train the models on new data they'll be increasingly training on AI output including hallucinations and slop. More garbage in means even more garbage out and the cycle will continue as "updated" models decline in quality.