Vibe coding - Hype, delusion and a punch in the face by reality

[OVERKILL]

So, this guy on twitter/X "tetsuoai" posts this:

Which got CN'd and then he freaked out and tried to get his followers to remove the CN, and then he eventually deleted all the posts related to this.

I'm no expert coder, but this vibe-coded disaster got taken to the woodshed by multiple people that are, and what unfolded was a weird saga of people defending this insanity and dogpiling on the people that quite rightly pointed out that this sort of AI-generated slop is extremely high risk and should never be presented in the manner in which it was here.

Laurie's comments were pretty benign:


celeste on the other hand, went to town:


I have nothing against using AI as an assistant for coding. I've done it myself, it greatly reduces the amount of time required to put something together. But the claims that accompanied this disaster, it's beyond Slap-chop level nonsense; an unholy union between Vince Offer and Billy Mays. At one point he claims this is "battle tested", a response to celeste's thread on that point is amusing:

But this appears to sum-up the whole thing:

 

[supton]

So what you’re saying is, Windows has been vibe coding since Etch-A-Sketch was cutting edge?

I like to joke at work that the CAD tool we use is programmed by wannabe windows programmers…

 

[OVERKILL]

So what you’re saying is, Windows has been vibe coding since Etch-A-Sketch was cutting edge?

I like to joke at work that the CAD tool we use is programmed by wannabe windows programmers…

I mean, I think there may be a connection:

 

[TumblrDucks]

Vibe coding still requires a good understanding of the subject you are working on and a robust code review/test pipeline to maintain quality assurance.
And IMO there are better agent to do AI coding than Grok.

 

[OVERKILL]

Vibe coding still requires a good understanding of the subject you are working on and a robust code review/test pipeline to maintain quality assurance.
And IMO there are better agent to do AI coding than Grok.

Yes, hence that last screenshot, it's a doozy.

 

[andrew_j]

The sad part currently is working at surface application can AI(vibe) coded by someone with no real experience building a scalable/maintainable/secure app. So these apps fail fast and hard past Proof of Concept or first or 2nd iteration.

AI in hands of strong developer / architect can produce some decent stuff

Vibe coding is great for proof of concept. Challenge is trying to sell building a proper app after once they see it “working”

 

[xspeedy]

AI is in infancy. Infants don’t run. People made fun of Chinese cars just five years ago. Now the world is afraid of them eating their cake.

 

[Vil_Riker]

I use AI to build the basic infrastructure of the code and then build the rest myself. Saves a ton of time.

I liken AI code to the time when images generated gave humans 6+ fingers. And now look at Nano Banana Pro...

 

[OVERKILL]

I use AI to build the basic infrastructure of the code and then build the rest myself. Saves a ton of time.

I liken AI code to the time when images generated gave humans 6+ fingers. And now look at Nano Banana Pro...

Yes, that's the same way I use, it but it requires an understanding of the programming language you are using. If you saw the comment on the bottom of the OP, that's very much the opposite of that approach, lol.