Post #350112

2026-02-21 05:59 UTC

So, you want me to code in a language that has no formal specification, no test suite, that changes continuously, where builds are not reproducible, where results depend on a hidden state in a build cache that can't be backed up, where I have to pay for each compilation, where I have to continuously send a copy of my code to a third party, and that might disappear with no notice? Geee, vibe coding looks FUN!

Replies (5)

@jbqueru@floss.social 2026-02-21 06:42

Oh yeah, I should have mentioned: NO SOURCE DEBUGGER.

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@benjamin@piaille.fr 2026-02-21 08:29

@jbqueru@floss.social hi. Can you tell me what you are talking about? (Not sure I will like the answer but better be prepared and informed about our current enemy....)

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@santi@gone.lema.org 2026-02-21 09:27

@jbqueru@floss.social I love how people dismiss the cost issue as being reasonable. Many have already been bitten with say a Google API that was extremely cheap and abruptly changed pricing one year later making the project/app unviable. Sure I want one of these companies to be able to decide overnight that they want half my revenue once my skills have been morphed into whatever they want us to become.

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@pkw@snac.d34d.net 2026-02-21 22:16

Right, or from the other angle vibe coding is only fun if you don't like programming. Why do people that don't like programming think it is reasonable to be weighing on on how programming should happen.

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@cmeinel@mastodon.social 2026-02-22 21:19

@jbqueru@floss.social I'm surprised that malevolent entities haven't mined more exploits from the fast-growing quantities of vibe-coded software. Or perhaps they have, and we don't know it yet.

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