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This sounds like a recipe for destructive bugs and security vulnerabilities to slip into production. Reviewing is really hard to do well. Like, on a psychologi
by yencabulator 1y ago
This sounds like a recipe for destructive bugs and security vulnerabilities to slip into production.
Reviewing is really hard to do well. Like, on a psychological level. Your brain just starts nodding and humming along, pretending to understand. Humans have to consciously "perform review" to actually review. For example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_and_calling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_and_calling and checklists in aviation and health care, Tom Gilb's "Inspection" JPL-inspired spec review processes.
Even HN gets a steady drip of "look at my vibecoded project" -- "umm, you just leaked your API keys".
It's just that reviewing doesn't matter for a space invaders clone.
- simonw 1y agoReviewing isn't nearly as hard if you told the model exactly what to write already: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11/using-llms-for-code/#tell-them-exactly-what-to-do https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/11/using-llms-for-code/#t...