alt Hacker NewsA principal engineer spending his week end vibe coding some slop at a rate of 13k lines of code in 7h to replace a vendor. Is this really the new direction we want to set for our industry? For the first time ever, I have had a CTO vibe conding something to replace my product [1] even though it cost less than a day of his salary. The direction we are heading makes me want to quit, all points to software now being worthless
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What vendor? My understanding is that they replaced one piece of software with similar one that allows them to simplify system and save a lot of money. And looks like they are happy with quality and have a good test coverage. In AI era not everything should be npm dependency or 3rd party. Small things are easier to make in house and tailor to one’s needs.
> Is this really the new direction we want to set for our industry?
I think the better question is whether it’s avoidable. I share the concern but is there a real alternative? “Say no to AI!” is fine until your competitors decide they don’t share your concerns. Or at least not enough to stop using it.