alt Hacker NewsAn error in a massive hand-crafted Excel sheet also becoms systematic and wide-spread.
Because Excel has no way of doing unit tests or any kind of significant validation. Big BIG things have gone to shit because of Excel.
Things that would have never happened if the same thing was a vibe-coded python script and a CSV.
I agree with the excel thing. Not with thinking it can't happen with vibecoded python.
I think handling sensitive data should be done by professional. A lawyer handles contracts, a doctor handles health issue and a programmer handles data manipulation through programs. This doesn't remove risk of errors completely, but it reduces it significantly.
In my home, it's me who's impacted if I screw up a fix in my plumbing, but I won't try to do it at work or in my child's school.
I don't care if my doctor vibe codes an app to manipulate their holidays pictures, I care if they do it to manipulate my health or personal data.