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bubble bursting data point: I am about to throw away my side project's vibe coded front end (~5000loc) and rewrite it by hand. At the scale it's gotten to, its
by marstall 1y ago
bubble bursting data point: I am about to throw away my side project's vibe coded front end (~5000loc) and rewrite it by hand. At the scale it's gotten to, its become too difficult to change. i try to tweak it and it doesn't quite get it right, and then breaks some other thing, ad infinitum. maybe this is the "AI developer" skill - to somehow do it so you dont get to this point - but I ENJOY programming, so i'm going back to doing it by hand. It will have less (probably unnecessary) features but i will be able to craft it to my needs and achieve the daily flow my mental health requires ...
- karmakurtisaani 1y agoAnother data point: I recently encountered my first vibe coded website on the wild. Everything looked great, but some fields didn't work, it displayed my data incorrectly and could not process my order. In the end a person had to process my order and they confirmed that their new web site had issues..
- Fade_Dance 1y agoAll I can think is this is how bad security risks must be on these sorts of projects.
- thedougd 1y agoThis happened to me at or near a similar size project. I tried the same project again with Vibe coding but used some very different approaches. Far from a home run on the second try, but it was a much more manageable and maintenable project than my first attempt. I'm still skeptical and presently subscribe to the opinion that AI is a multiplier for skilled, competent engineers but a potential detriment to inexperienced.