Hello programmers! I’ve been making a living for a couple of decades figuring out stuff for people and coding whatever will make them happy. It’s fun. I’ve grown to prefer the people to the coding but I still get a kick out of the whole thing.
The problem is: at the job we’re being asked to pivot to vibe coding. At this point the order is to use it for all code, read the slop carefully, argue with the machine for way too long and only then open that PR. Massive productivity gains are expected. I’m appalled from an ethical, philosophical and professional standpoint. We’re a non-profit ngo ffs. My colleagues are fine with it. If I get even slightly critical the group goes awkwardly silent and I get comments on how all the programmers they know from other places don’t code anymore.
If this is how it goes from now on, I’m out. Is it really though? Are all businesses switching to vibe coding? Have some of you started switching career? I think I want to go to meatspace. Hand-made coding could make a cute hobby.
Yes, I have these coworkers too. I’ve seen what they look like, and it doesn’t change my point.
Local controlled models help, yes. That isn’t what business do, though. And even for local models, the models are still stochastic as fuck. Maybe that changes in the future, in which case I’d reconsider that view (though natural language is still a terrible interface for telling a computer precisely what to do).
How many years has it been now? Mythos was the end of the world, Fable had to be locked down by the US government, Astra is going to cause humanity to go extinct, and yet here we still are today with vibecoded, mass-produced slop.