Submitted 2 days ago by BilSabab@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.wired.com/story/vibe-coding-is-the-new-open-source
Ehhh, I don’t think the comparison they’re making here is right. Leaning on open source software is not just for lazy developers - it’s often the best architectural choice.
I can’t think of a situation where vibe coding is the best choice except for when speed matters much more than quality, and even then only sometimes.
It’s only the best option if you are a grifter or grifting the grifter. vibe coding is running roughshod the outsourcing industry. Lots of companies started using it to produce basic throwaway apps and slowly but surely degrades developer’s talent pool. now we get lots of low-grade “developers” who can write prompts and want big bucks for it but can’t pass a mid-level live coding session because their skills are not up the snuff.
Sure, but let’s also not discount the idea that a significant percentage of businesses need no more than a single static HTML page for their website. I don’t find it a problem for a person to vibe code that up instead of hiring a real web developer.
Vibe coding works when you need to say connect to some API and can feed the model a bunch of docs.
It’s great for very low skill, low maintenance, low risk code that I can easily and reliably regenerate.
Increasingly coding models are improving at architecture choices, Claude 4.5 vs 4 is way better here. But ultimately it’s inferior to a ginger making those choices.
It’s also a great debugger and reviewer.
I used it this weekend to connect to an API and to build a table of constants by just feeding it docs. That was a huge time saver.
I also used it to try and implement stuff and I gotta say once it hit tricky things it started trying to game it and just say it works.
thats totally the type of code I have written. granted I really consider it more configuration even if it is code. This is always a thing with jobs. Yes I have written code but no im not really a coder by my definition (writes code over 50% of time at positions). No you don’t really need a coder for this ops role but yeas its fine that it uses continous development and a bit of code needs to be changed and you call it all devops.
Huh ?
Open source projects can be inherently insecure, outdated, or at risk of malicious takeover.
Because proprietary projects are immune to all that ? what is happening here ?
Wired pushing corporate agenda is happening.
vibe coding
Dear wired: the word is Slopping. With slop.
that word is so loaded for me - literally every time someone uses it regardless of context I remember The Godwinns theme and feel really old.
Wired can suck a dick for that shitty comparison
It has its moments, but you are absolutely right - 25 years ago Wired would’ve torn modern Wired a new one for their clickbait speculative thinkpieces.
More than Open Source, I would say that Vibe Coding is the new Visual Basic 3.0
very apt comparison
“Vibe coding” is just cargo cult programming with prettier syntax highlighting.
I still think AI’s useful — when it’s treated like a tool, not a replacement. Been experimenting with that in a small side project: VSCoder Copilot
TL;DR: AI doesn’t make you a dev — it just makes a good dev faster.
my only experience with it was for code cleanup - since those tools save me from bitching and moaning from the team - let it rip
since when is licensing code?
I guess finding safe language is hard. Python, Java, C#, C(++) with clang or GCC, php, rust…
PASCAL!
Isn’t Delphi open source? Imagine using nice language when you can use COBOL on IBM and pay a shit ton amount of money!
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
It’s the new open source in the same way that it’s the new left-handed bowling.
BilSabab@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Wired clickbait, sigh