Just to clarify, I google a lot while coding, but one thing I learnt from my engineering degree is that is there is no ‘best’ solution.
Just to clarify, I google a lot while coding, but one thing I learnt from my engineering degree is that is there is no ‘best’ solution.
And a glorified auto-complete might be part of a solution, but it isn’t the solution itself. And definitely not the best one.
Exactly! auto complete is helpful, but it can cause problems and can’t be relied on.
Exactly. It’s like vibe coders are not interested in writing the best code possible. They just want to write the code and not understand what goes on when a program is run.
Vibe coders wishfully think AI could be the end product. AI is a tool, it should never be the final product nor exposed to the user.
It’s a fancy autocomplete to throw ideas against, you still need to know what the fuck you’re doing, and vibe coders have no clue. This means we’re now concerned about a rise in vulnerable code.
As well as unmaintainable code, and in countries with good employment laws and/or employers, extremely unproductive employees. And a whole new generation split between skillful and LLM users.
That’s right. My concern is also that LLM users may shadow skilled programmers in the short term, potentially devaluing their skills or putting some of them out of a job, at least until the LLM-built code starts shitting itself and they crawl back to actual programmers for help.
Look at it positively: Even if many skilled programmers get fired, it’s not like most of us won’t survive. And once the bubble pops, we’re the ones needed the most. Including getting headhunted and good salaries.
I’d guess most of them aren’t even capable of actually writing functional and good code themselves. And never will be.
I can write bad and unfunctional code all by myself thank you very much.