The bottleneck is validating that the software does everything it says that it does correctly: https://sibylline.dev/articles/2026-01-27-stop-orchestrating...
Right now most vibe coders are trying to hype semi-broken software and foist validation on early adopters. This is unsustainable.
codesmash•1w ago
Now it’s 2026, and the hype is Vibe Coding: describe a feature in plain English, and watch hundreds of lines of code appear per minute. No coding, no engineering—just steering a vibe.
It feels magical. But as someone who’s cleaned up after plenty of “miracles,” here’s the catch: technical debt never disappears, it compounds. AI-generated code is a high-interest loan, and most teams are not ready to pay it back.
I'm curious: How is the community handling AI-generated code, velocity without understanding, and the hidden debt?
coldtea•1w ago
If crappy outsourced code was fine by modern standards for companies to churn, somewhat crap AI code will be too.
boxed•1w ago
If you get too stuck on technical debt you will not appreciate all the deleted code that was excellent use of technical debt to validate an idea. When we are annoyed at technical debt because of bad design we are just talking about the surviving products, and with AI coding we can get more of those. Which is a good thing!
shmoogy•1w ago