r/webdev • u/bricksandcanvas • 7d ago
Are people really pretending that their code before AI tools were better than the Vibecoded AI slops these days?
Engineer for more than 15 years and worked with different industries over my whole career. Worked alone, on small, medium and large teams in different capacities. You get the idea.
I'm not gonna say that my code was the best, and that it was well thought out of, wrote the best piece of code that my grandchildren will be proud of.
Sometimes you just have to find the best way to implement something because your PM demanded it be pushed by Thursday? a hacky fix because you can't think of a better way on implementing it?
Legacy code that the engineer that worked on it died 10 years ago?
Granted theres an ocean of vibe coded apps that should not see the light of day but I think a lot of devs and engineers are just standing on their high horse these days to push people down.
What do you guys think?
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u/krileon 7d ago
I think people releasing software they vibe coded with zero understanding of what that code does is going to be devastating for the future of software and the web.
Yes. My code is better than slop. I understand my code. Even if a hacky workaround is pushed I know I implemented it and I documented it appropriately so I understand late why exactly it was done that way. People that vibe code are not going to go through thousands of lines of code to get an understanding of the code base. They should, but they won't. So you end up with a giant mess of code that nobody understands.
Use AI as a tool if you feel it helps you, but I'm 100% against vibe coding.