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That's only true as long as you want to modify said code. If it meets your bar for reliability then you won't need to understand it, much like how we don't real
by kevmo314 2y ago
That's only true as long as you want to modify said code. If it meets your bar for reliability then you won't need to understand it, much like how we don't really need to read/understand compiled assembly code so we largely trust the compiler.
A lot of these vibe coders just have a much lower bar for reliability than you.
- fourside 2y agoHow do you know if it meets your bar for reliability if you don’t understand the output? I don’t know that the analogy to a compiler is apples to apples. A compiler isn’t producing an answer based on statistically generating something that should look like the right answer.
- kevmo314 2y agoThe premise for vibe coding is that it's generating the entire app or site. If the app does what you want then it's meeting the bar.
- joshdavham 2y agoThis is an interesting point and it's certainly true with respect to most peoples' attitudes towards dependencies. For example, while I feel the need to understand the code I wrote using pytorch, I don't generally feel the need to totally grok how pytorch works.