Pain Threshold Determines Success
Ben Tossell
Founder, Ben's Bites
"Your pain threshold is your ceiling for vibe coding. You're going to hit issues all the time—professional developers hit issues all the time too. Those who give up after first failures miss the breakthrough that comes from persistence."
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