Post #4749803 · Elektrine

2026-09-18 14:45 UTC

So: you started vibecoding your FOSS project? And now you don't really understand your codebase anymore *without* asking agents what's happening? And you basically outsourced all your favorite part of your passion project to managing a robot that doesn't care? And you're more burnt out than ever? I have to say that it's very difficult for me to feel sympathy for this. I see more people reporting on this, but it feels fairly predictable. But it also feels like it was clearly where it was going.

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@kramaker@social.vivaldi.net 2026-09-18 15:40

@cwebber@social.coop You're being far too gentle on the latest scourge of humanity. These same folks, a few of whom will _get away_ with vibe coding this or that, will go on to inflict it on the world. There's already enough shitty software. A whole generation thinks needing to periodically reboot a computer is "just how computers are." We don't need more shitty software faster. #Vibecoders are management aspirants, DHHs in the making, people that never wanted to learn how the sausage is made, and still never want to be in the kitchen where it's made. They just want an easy button with which they can "make" something declaratively, by fiat, the same way #AgentOrange claims to be a "builder" by throwing currency at actual builders. Make stupidity expensive again.

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