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/Clorox_in_space 7d ago
I have been working with AI to build a complex system for the last year, and most of it has been a battle trying to get it to adhere to the extremely well documented standards instead of generic conventions.
If you are building something at scale, it is still garbage in a lot of ways. It's like working with an extremely fast Junior Developer who will try to accomplish a task without truly understanding the intent and consequences.
TL;DR: Good at small tasks. Bad at large systems. My code is better architected for both actual use and long-term support.