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> with vibe coding you can't cast aside the AI after you've taken the initial step Sure you can, why wouldn't you? Good models these days spit out architecture
by drusepth 18d ago
> with vibe coding you can't cast aside the AI after you've taken the initial step
Sure you can, why wouldn't you? Good models these days spit out architecture and code fairly indistinguishable from your average developer.
It's always hard to jump into an existing project and understand it all, but it's doable and in 2026 it's no harder to jump into a vibed project than it is to jump into any other project (with exceptions in both directions, of course).
You still have the code and can switch back to "fully human" (or any other point on the spectrum of human-ai) any time you want by just opening the same editor you would use if you cloned any other project.
- jdkoeck 16d ago> Good models these days spit out architecture and code fairly indistinguishable from your average developer. Emphatically, no. It’s way too complex, every time. Ceinture et bretelles, as we say in French.
- jldl805 16d agoEverything I've vibe coded is utlitarian, sparse, barebones, and the code itself is fewer bytes than the documentation.
- graemep 16d ago> Ceinture et bretelles I do not know much French but that seems to translate literally into the common English phrase "belt and braces"
- jdkoeck 15d agoDid not know belt and braces was a saying in English! I learned something today.
- delusional 16d agoAI code, even from the top models from the top labs is distinctly inhuman. If you can't see the difference, you are a terrible programmer.
- drusepth 13d agoI think this is a severely outdated take that was true a few years ago, but has not been true for at least 1-2 years. Especially from the top models at the top labs. Qualitative measurement is always hard, but plenty of studies have come out in the past year that generally find many models' code to be roughly equal to human code in terms of maintainability, complexity, readability, etc.
- hattmall 16d ago>Sure you can, why wouldn't you? Good models these days spit out architecture and code fairly indistinguishable from your average developer. Good lord no, AI generated code isn't remotely close to something even the most insane human would generate. And if someone did you would seriously have to question what was going through their head. Everything from naming conventions to the flow of logic is twisted and often non-sensical. Plus the commenting and verbosity of code is ridiculous.Claude constantly makes up new terms to describe things that leave you wondering what it's talking about. Yesterday Claude started referring to some sort of logic as "finger-splint".