Yes, I am vibecoding smart contracts now, so what?

The author, who previously worked on smart contracts in 2021, says AI coding tools have made building and deploying them much easier and cheaper, and describes doing so for a Farcaster game. The first version of an NFT minting contract used IPFS via Pinata, which the author rejected because it would require ongoing paid maintenance, so a second version stored the SVG art fully onchain. Deploying on Base cost about $1 per attempt, compared with $200 on ETH in 2021. Minting cost users $0.12 at first, and after minimizing the SVG code by 84%, the cost fell to an average of 2 cents per mint.