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mgh95yesterday at 6:58 AM2 repliesview on HN

Having see what terminal vibecoding looks like (to the point where customers say "fix your app" during renewal conversations), I don't think this is likely to happen. There is definitely selection pressure being applied to SaaS companies and I would not expect people not directly responsible (PMs, sales, etc.) to be willing to accept responsibility for technical outcomes; after all they are product, not software experts.

It is possible this leads to a decrease in salary (and positions) but I do not believe the social commentary will pan out in the manner the author proposes. The people who most argue for vibe coding will themselves never accept responsibility for the technical outcomes.


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thr0wyesterday at 2:14 PM

> The people who most argue for vibe coding will themselves never accept responsibility for the technical outcomes.

This is right, and don’t think this isn’t all partially fueled by spite. I’m not sure if engineers understand how much they’ve been simultaneously reviled/revered by non-technical people. They see this as a Prometheus moment. They would love to vibecode a mess and make the engineers deal with the details.

KolibriFlyyesterday at 10:52 AM

The people saying "anyone can build software now" often seem to mean "anyone can generate code now"... which is not quite the same thing

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