Exec Rant: Paying Devs $200k to Vibe-Code $50/Month Savings Is a Fireable Offense
kylegawley · x · 2026-08-06
Developer Kyle Gawley criticized the industry's blind obsession with "vibe-coding." He stated that paying an engineer a $200k salary just to use AI to build internal tools that save the company $50 a month is completely missing the point, and would be a fireable offense.
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