Vibe Coding Forem

David Christian Liedle
David Christian Liedle

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Writing CLI Tools with Node

I asked Claude Code to write a book on writing CLI tools with Node:

https://github.com/cloudstreet-dev/Writing-CLI-Tools-with-Node/blob/main/01-introduction.md

Some popular node-based tools include Claude Code (the author of this book), Gemini CLI, and Codex CLI.

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Peter Yang

Wow, thanks for sharing such a great resource. I’ve also been using Claude Code CLI quite a lot in real development recently, and honestly, I find it much smoother and more useful than Codex or Cursor. Of course, AI still hasn’t fully caught up with human logical thinking, so sometimes it produces results that make me go, “Wow, that’s an unbelievably serious bug” (almost like black comedy 😅).

Still, it’s true that if you handle prompts carefully and apply different learning and experimentation methods, the performance improves noticeably. That said, no matter how much of a vibe-coding developer you are, I think solid fundamental coding skills, especially debugging skills, are still essential. Because while AI may speed up development, it sometimes spits out errors far more bizarre than anything a human would create.

Looking ahead, as these AI-powered CLIs continue to advance, I wonder how the developer role will change. I suspect it will shift away from simply writing code and more toward becoming a kind of meta-developer, someone who orchestrates and designs how to properly align AI. What do you think about that?