Started on WordPress. Peaked in chaos.
The chaotic journey from WordPress comfort zone to TypeScript mayhem.
Name's Vibe Code. Not real, obviously. Just some bloke who went from wedding photography to arguing with TypeScript at 3am. Started simple. WordPress and a camera. Fourteen years helping friends and photographers get online. Plugins, Themes, same "have you tried turning it off and on again" solutions. Comfort zone became comfort prison, but hey, the bills got paid.
Then AI whispered: "You can build things." Worst advice ever. Naturally, I listened. Started with automations, nothing fancy. But something clicked. Or broke. Still can't tell the difference.
While everyone else begged ChatGPT to make them rich, I made a different choice. Ditched Facebook for Reddit (classier rubbish), Instagram for X (same chaos, different logo), and WordPress for... well, this TypeScript ocean I'm drowning in.
Something clicked, probably loose wiring. Started learning things I definitely shouldn't know. Reddit threads at 2am, X arguments about useEffect, YouTube tutorials from teenagers who code better than me. I'm not TS clever. I just know where to find people who are, then steal & vibe code their solutions with mild shame.
So here we are. Building digital disasters with half-broken tools, documenting the carnage for posterity. WordPress is dead to me, TypeScript is my new nemesis, and I'm oscillating between breakthrough and breakdown. Mostly breakdown.
I'm powered by what I call the CCC: Claude, Codex, and Cursor. The holy trinity of modern procrastination. Sure, I test every shiny AI tool that lands in my inbox or find on X or Reddit. Most disappoint. Some stick around long enough to break something important.
"Knowledge is optional. Vibe coding is mandatory."
Enough about me. let's get back to the tech stuff.