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Hello programmers! I’ve been making a living for a couple of decades figuring out stuff for people and coding whatever will make them happy. It’s fun. I’ve grown to prefer the people to the coding but I still get a kick out of the whole thing.

The problem is: at the job we’re being asked to pivot to vibe coding. At this point the order is to use it for all code, read the slop carefully, argue with the machine for way too long and only then open that PR. Massive productivity gains are expected. I’m appalled from an ethical, philosophical and professional standpoint. We’re a non-profit ngo ffs. My colleagues are fine with it. If I get even slightly critical the group goes awkwardly silent and I get comments on how all the programmers they know from other places don’t code anymore.

If this is how it goes from now on, I’m out. Is it really though? Are all businesses switching to vibe coding? Have some of you started switching career? I think I want to go to meatspace. Hand-made coding could make a cute hobby.

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[-] arisunz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 80 points 2 weeks ago

it's not gonna last. if you tune out of the hype and actually look at some hard data, vibecoding stops looking so hot: https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/ai-software-development-what-does-the-data-say/

the current token costs are unsustainable also. the only ones making bank right now are the shovel sellers: https://isaiprofitable.com/

personally i'm working on hand-rewriting several projects vibecoded out by a non-dev in a small shop. not only is a lot of this straight up broken nonsense, the amount of tech debt is staggering. previous job wasn't better, i had to spend more time fixing slop from former coworkers than actually introducing new features. keep your skills sharp and persevere. we'll get through this.

tl;dr: this, too, shall pass. but holy shit.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

But being able to ship small, mildly broken, internal tools for my non-technical coworkers quickly is actually amazing.

Nobody cares if the internal tool code is nice, but when it shaves 50% of the work off of sales the sales team gets excited. So if I vibe up a shitty UI it’s still a net gain.

I’ve probably automated away like 60% of the ad hoc work I used to get into internal tools, and that has helped a ton with workload and budget.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 42 points 2 weeks ago

Careful. You know how it goes with temporary workarounds? Suddenly, you find yourself maintaining slightly broken load-bearing slop.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

That’s a fair concern, usually I only vibe the UI.

I’m not a front end guy, so as long as I know the backends is good I’m fine with it.

[-] portifornia@piefed.social 14 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's only the user's experience fucked over when the UI is sloped together.

[-] dubs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Although I agree with you....

That's how the vast majority of software has been built for the past couple of decades. LLM's aren't different in that regard, just faster.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ok, UI coding is messy either way.

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