The Cult of Vibe-coding is Insane
I’ll start a conversation by saying “Let’s audit this codebase for unreachable code,” or “This function makes my eyes bleed,” and we’ll have a conversation about it until something actionable comes up. Then I explain what I think should be done and we’ll keep discussing it until I stop having more thoughts to give and the machine stops saying stupid things which need correcting. Then I tell it to make a plan and hit build. This is my life. The AI is very bad at spontaneously noticing, “I’ve got a lot of spaghetti code here, I should clean it up.” But if you tell it this has spaghetti code and give it some guidance (or sometimes even without guidance) it can do a good job of cleaning up the mess.
You don’t have to have poor quality software just because you’re using AI for coding.
I don't think the headline accurately reflects the more measured take in the article, but I work with LLMs similarly to how it sounds like he does.