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		dwheeler 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vibe coding has turned senior devs into 'AI babysi... Using AI assistants != Vibe Coding. AI can be a helpful assistant but they are nowhere near ready for letting loose when the results matter.

stavros 3 months ago | [–]

Exactly this, if you're babysitting the AI, you are, by definition, _not_ vibe coding. Vibe coding means not reading the resulting code, and accepting that things will break down completely in four or five iterations.

DeepYogurt 3 months ago | [–]

Brother most of them ain't even assisting. Management just forces it.

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