Here’s an idea for my next video that I’ve been playing around with: vibe coding is like improv theatre.
Think about it: an improv troupe isn’t all that different from an LLM — it encourages its audience to provide a prompt, and they use that prompt to start generating content. The content they create is based on their training set (in the case of the improv troupe, that training is their life experience and theater training), and to the audience, what they generate seems almost magical.
But an improv troupe is at its best when its work is constrained to short skits. After a couple of minutes, the longer you stretch out the improv process, the worse the results are. Like LLMs, improv troupes have limited context windows.
In my (admittedly limited) experience experimenting with vibe coding, I’ve found it to be great for small tasks, but as I use it to make larger applications, the worse the code got. The LLM started referring to the same variable using different but synonymous names, it started writing code that looked like textbook examples that had increasingly less to do with the intended functionality, and it started creating more bugs.
But just as good playwright can take improvised skits and the ideas they raise and turn that material into a good two-hour play, a good developer can take application snippets generated by an LLM and the idea they raise and turn them into a good application.
I think this might be a great way to use vibe coding.
Global Nerdy
Saturday picdump for April 5, 2025
It’s Saturday, so it’s time for another “picdump!”
This is the weekly article where I post the technology- and work-related memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy!
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, April 7 – Sunday, April 13, 2025)
Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, April 7 through Sunday, April 13, 2025!
This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes:
✅ When the event will take place
✅ What the event is
✅ Where the event will take place
✅ Who is holding the event
This week’s events
Monday, April 7
The Sourdough Co.
Online
Cantina Viagero
Online
Online
Critical Hit Games
Village Inn
Anecdote Brewing Company
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall
Online
Online
Adobe Graffiti Lounge
Online
Online
MIDFlorida FCU Training Center
Online
none
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Online
Online
Tuesday, April 8
Panera Bread
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Beef O’Brady’s – Oldsmar FL
Seasons 52
Online
Sheraton Hotel Riverwalk
Kforce
4931 W Nassau St
2250 S Floral Ave
Critical Hit Games
Plot Armor Games
Critical Hit Games
Online
Riveters Tampa
McAlisters Deli
Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille
Intergalactic Toys
Critical Hit Games
The Joinery
Tampa Hackerspace West
Unity Community Church
Celebration Community Field Complex
Casa Masa
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery
SpookEasy Lounge
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery
Online
2285 Ulmerton Rd
Sickie’s Garage
Online
Online
Online
Wednesday, April 9
Online
Sons of Italy Lodge
Panera Bread
Hangar Restaurant, Albert Whitted Airport
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Hyde Park United Methodist Church
CareerSource Suncoast
Carrabas Italian Grill
Just Love Coffee Cafe
Station 400
Windermere Branch Library
Online
Online
Online
Nerdy Needs
Bridge Center
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center
Embarc Collective
Terra Ceia Bay Country Club
Critical Hit Games
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
2103 Laceflower Dr
The Portico Cafe
St. Petersburg Chess Club
Hidden Springs Ale Works
Southern Lights Brewing Company
Online
Steep Station St. Pete
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
100% Remote
Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library
Online
Grove Soho
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Online
Grove Soho
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Online
Thursday, April 10
Online
Online
Chili’s Grill & Bar
Carrabas Italian Grill
Walk On’s Bistreaux
Online
Grand Bay Building 3 Cardroom
Online
GuidePoint Security Facility
Online
The Drunken Taco
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC)
MakerSpace Pinellas
Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee
Magnanimous Brewing
Magnanimous Brewing
Conworlds Emporium
Critical Hit Games
The Crafty Gamer
Online
511 Franklin
Ax-Caliber Axe Venue and Restaurant
HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House
1500 16th St
The Wine society
Critical Hit Games
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
124 S Ring Ave
Friday, April 11
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Windermere Branch Library
Online
Bridge Club
Critical Hit Games
Industrious
Online
Tampa Hackerspace West
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Online
Saturday, April 12
405 Mahogany Dr
Online
Online
Axum Coffee
Whole Foods Market
2700 Florida Ave S
North Sarasota Public Library
The Writers Room
Gillespie’s Auto Parts & Services
Gillespie’s Auto Parts & Services
Sage Biscuit Cafe
Anson on Palmer Ranch
Stardust Video and Coffee
MakerSpace Pinellas
Online
Nerdy Needs
Three Birds Tavern
Faulhaber Fab Lab
Black Harbor Gaming
Tampa Hackerspace
Hawk’s House
Online
Online
IHOP
Online
Online
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Online
Sunday, April 13
Brach Bum Brewing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Venice
England Brother’s Park
The GoodEarth
Tampa Hackerspace
Online
Critical Hit Games
Dented Keg Ale Works
Whole Foods Market
MakerSpace Clearwater
MakerSpace Clearwater
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Nerdy Needs
Tampa Hackerspace West
Online
Discord.io/Nerdbrew
About this list
How do I put this list together?
It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.
In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.
What goes into this list?
I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:
Thanks for the login warning, Vanguard!
If you go to Vanguard’s Personal Investors login page, you’ll see the message above. It’s oddly reassuring that there’s a warning that essentially says “You can log in, but you’re not going to like what you see when you do.”
The vibe coding-improv connection
Here’s an idea for my next video that I’ve been playing around with: vibe coding is like improv theatre.
Think about it: an improv troupe isn’t all that different from an LLM — it encourages its audience to provide a prompt, and they use that prompt to start generating content. The content they create is based on their training set (in the case of the improv troupe, that training is their life experience and theater training), and to the audience, what they generate seems almost magical.
But an improv troupe is at its best when its work is constrained to short skits. After a couple of minutes, the longer you stretch out the improv process, the worse the results are. Like LLMs, improv troupes have limited context windows.
In my (admittedly limited) experience experimenting with vibe coding, I’ve found it to be great for small tasks, but as I use it to make larger applications, the worse the code got. The LLM started referring to the same variable using different but synonymous names, it started writing code that looked like textbook examples that had increasingly less to do with the intended functionality, and it started creating more bugs.
But just as good playwright can take improvised skits and the ideas they raise and turn that material into a good two-hour play, a good developer can take application snippets generated by an LLM and the idea they raise and turn them into a good application.
I think this might be a great way to use vibe coding.
OF COURSE there are AI condoms now…
When I say that manufacturers are trying to put AI into everything, I mean everything. Case in point, here’s an ad for AI condoms by Manforce, a condom brand in India…
…and of course, there’s also an app, which you connect to the condom by scanning a QR code.
And of course the company’s VP in charge of sales wrote about it on Linkedin:
Saturday picdump for March 29, 2025
Welcome to another really big Global Nerdy Saturday “picdump!” It’s the weekly article where I post the technology- and work-related memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. This week’s edition has 125 pics (a lot of which are about vibe coding, the topic of the moment) — share and enjoy!
✳️ Need context? Here’s a quick explainer, and here’s a more detailed article on port 4444, which among other things, is used by one of my favorite tools, Jupyter.
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 31 – Sunday, April 6, 2025)
Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, March 31 through Sunday, April 6, 2025!
This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes:
✅ When the event will take place
✅ What the event is
✅ Where the event will take place
✅ Who is holding the event
This week’s events
Monday, March 31
Online
The Sourdough Co.
Cantina Viagero
Online
Critical Hit Games
Village Inn
Anecdote Brewing Company
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall
Online
Online
Adobe Graffiti Lounge
Online
Online
Online
Online
none
Online
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Online
Online
Tuesday, April 1
Online
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Online
Online
Beef O’Brady’s – Oldsmar FL
El Melvin Cocina Mexicana
Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar
4931 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace West
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Plot Armor Games
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
Online
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation
Critical Hit Games
Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille
Henderson’s Bar & Kitchen
Sarasota Alliance Church
Celebration Community Field Complex
Unity Community Church
Online
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery
SpookEasy Lounge
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
Online
Online
Online
Online
Wednesday, April 2
Online
Panera Bread
Hangar Restaurant, Albert Whitted Airport
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Sons of Italy Lodge
Hyde Park United Methodist Church
Station 400
Carrabas Italian Grill
Just Love Coffee Cafe
Online
Online
Nerdy Needs
Bridge Center
OCC Road House & Museum
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Critical Hit Games
2103 Laceflower Dr
Terra Ceia Bay Country Club
Grand Central Brewhouse
GuidePoint Security
Southern Lights Brewing Company
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Grove Soho
Online
Online
Online
Grove Soho
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Thursday, April 3
Online
Online
Chili’s Grill & Bar
Walk On’s Bistreaux
Feeding Empty Little Tummies, Inc. (F.E.L.T.)
Carrabas Italian Grill
Online
Grand Bay Building 3 Cardroom
The Drunken Taco
MakerSpace Pinellas
Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee
Online
Geographic Solutions
Critical Hit Games
Conworlds Emporium
Bitcoin Bay Foundation
The Bricks Ybor
Online
1500 16th St
Online
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Critical Hit Games
124 S Ring Ave
Online
Arkane Aleworks
Online
Friday, April 4
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Bridge Club
Critical Hit Games
Industrious
Critical Hit Games
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Private Home
Ava-Inspirato Italiano
Raining Berries USF – Açaí • Smoothie • Coffee
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Online
Critical Hit Games
Saturday, April 5
Online
Wayne M. Densch Partnership Center
Online
3820 USF Alumni Drive
BIG CAT HABITAT
16120 US Hwy 19 N
Online
Whole Foods Market
Online
Online
Think Escape Games
Sage Biscuit Cafe
Online
Faulhaber Fab Lab
Checkmate escape room
Black Harbor Gaming
Critical Hit Games
Coliseum of Comics Clermont
Coliseum of Comics Clermont
Online
Critical Hit Games
Barbara’s House
Glory Days Grill
Online
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Critical Hit Games
Sunday, April 6
Kafe Racer
Venice
Tampa Bay Bridge Center
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Woodwright Brewing Company
Whole Foods Market
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Nerdy Needs
Online
Critical Hit Games
Discord.io/Nerdbrew
Online
About this list
How do I put this list together?
It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.
In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.
What goes into this list?
I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories: