20-year engineer: we are all vibe coding now, submitting 20k-line PRs we don't understand
Interesting-Town-433 · reddit · 2026-08-19
A veteran engineer describes a bizarre work reality where projects are conceived by AI, documentation is replaced by asking Claude, tickets are generated by AI, and code is written and reviewed by AI. He submitted three 20,000-line PRs without understanding the project. He feels the industry has shifted to 'vibe coding' out of necessity, though models like Claude and ChatGPT aren't as reliable as people trust them to be.
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