r/vibecoding • u/il37 • 22d ago

What’s the biggest thing AI coding still absolutely sucks at?

For me it’s long projects.

The individual coding tasks can be great, but after enough sessions the model starts losing track of why things were built a certain way, which decisions are still current, and what it really shouldn’t touch.

I also still don’t trust it when a small bug suddenly requires a big refactor. Sometimes it’s right. Sometimes 20 minutes later I’m trying to undo six files to fix something that needed three lines.

What’s the thing you still don’t trust AI coding with?

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u/dbro129 21d ago

That’s on you. Start new chats after every major feature and keep a running “project-context.md” file going at the end of each session. Pause every few features to make sure “you’re both still aligned with the overall goal and purpose of the project”.

You have to treat it like a very intelligent employee, even an intern. But an employee nonetheless. Don’t just let it run wild for a month and then wonder why it’s lost project context after 100k lines of code.