In Legend of Zelda, Link (the player character) is accompanied by a blue fairy named Navi. Navi, not so subtely, gets her name from the word “navigation” and she’s clearly designed to help players move through the game and not get frustated. Navi is really annoying - urging the players to pay attention to obvious details such as locked doors that are blocking your way or enemies. Things the player would’ve normally picked up by themselves if they had an IQ above room temperature.

I am noticing that modern software is increasingly not trusting their users and using AI to build in navigation for their complicated workflows.

Leaky abstractions. Everywhere.

Look I haven’t got a problem with vibe coding. As far as I am concerned, anything that means I don’t spend a week configuring Postgres in a slightly different way is a great thing. I know folks

Alternative 1 - does your process need to be THIS complicated?

Solution 2