Wired can suck a dick for that shitty comparison
It has its moments, but you are absolutely right - 25 years ago Wired would’ve torn modern Wired a new one for their clickbait speculative thinkpieces.
It’s the new open source in the same way that it’s the new left-handed bowling.
Wired clickbait, sigh
“Vibe coding” is just cargo cult programming with prettier syntax highlighting.
I still think AI’s useful — when it’s treated like a tool, not a replacement. Been experimenting with that in a small side project: VSCoder Copilot
TL;DR: AI doesn’t make you a dev — it just makes a good dev faster.
my only experience with it was for code cleanup - since those tools save me from bitching and moaning from the team - let it rip
Ehhh, I don’t think the comparison they’re making here is right. Leaning on open source software is not just for lazy developers - it’s often the best architectural choice.
I can’t think of a situation where vibe coding is the best choice except for when speed matters much more than quality, and even then only sometimes.
It’s only the best option if you are a grifter or grifting the grifter. vibe coding is running roughshod the outsourcing industry. Lots of companies started using it to produce basic throwaway apps and slowly but surely degrades developer’s talent pool. now we get lots of low-grade “developers” who can write prompts and want big bucks for it but can’t pass a mid-level live coding session because their skills are not up the snuff.
Sure, but let’s also not discount the idea that a significant percentage of businesses need no more than a single static HTML page for their website. I don’t find it a problem for a person to vibe code that up instead of hiring a real web developer.
those businesses are not really the target audience for Ukrainian outsourcing companies though. they want the big bucks nice and easy and cut corners more than they should in many cases. On the other hand - there are many Ukrainian small businesses that benefitted greatly from no-code and vibe coding tools that handle their small scale needs - that kind of streamlining helped them focusing on what actually affects their business on the ground
When did Ukrainian come into it? I went back to the article but half of it was behind a paywall
nowhere, I just relayed my personal observation regarding vibe coding in Ukraine as one of the examples
Huh ?
Open source projects can be inherently insecure, outdated, or at risk of malicious takeover.
Because proprietary projects are immune to all that ? what is happening here ?
Wired pushing corporate agenda is happening.
More than Open Source, I would say that Vibe Coding is the new Visual Basic 3.0
very apt comparison
yikes
