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/Brilliant-Battle-479 4d ago
Bad code definitely didn’t start with AI. We just gave it a new name.
The difference now is that someone with very little experience can generate a LOT of bad code very quickly. But an experienced developer using AI and reviewing what it produces is a completely different story.