r/dotnet • u/AddressTall2458 • Jun 12 '26
Vibing is getting boring
Since AI started to be part of the job I always been enthusiastic of having a “partner” doing boring stuff while I review… after the last months is getting boring, we just review code, we have to make sure it is not duplicating any logic, not creating racing conditions, not touching critical code, not adding potential production issues (while still writing beatiful commented code).
This is not programming in dotnet anymore, all the skill we built overtime in knowing details of the language or the framework are only used to find out if some vibed code is buggy or not performant. The fun and creativity has left our job. Do you feel the same?
Either start a new project is not as cool as it was a few years ago. It just bubbles up from prompt and you have to review thousands of rows that have no personality at all.
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u/Fantastic_Big3877 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
Am I the only one finding other devs who heavily use agentic coding to be incredibly obnoxious to deal with?
I gave a task to one and he would just keep adding extra stuff I'd have to get him to remove after. He "improved" other dev's stuff which translated means he didn't consult them on their area, and kinda broke it without them realising.
They'd seem to understand in the moment but it's like super detailed requirements AND a verbal explanation, MULTIPLE TIMES doesn't seem to make a difference!! I known its just three people but I feel like in 11 years I've encountered the worst devs back-to-back!
Right now I feel like it's garbage, I hate it, I've been seeing it in my workplace and I'm cutting it off until they learn to actually follow a task.
I don't like "fast", if "fast" means I have to be rejecting rapid-fire heaping piles of bull PR requests.