Vibe coding feels like scrubbing 2015 Google results: steer agents away from the generic middle
_Stocko_ · x · 2026-09-16
Stocko draws an analogy: vibe coding today resembles scrubbing Google search results in 2015. You need to give the agent just enough direction to walk it away from the "low IQ middle" — the SEO-optimized, generic version that turns out terrible.
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