Vibe coding piles up tech debt: engineers warn cheap code generation isn't free
bendee983 · x · 2026-10-02
- Developer bendee983 argues that while anyone can now use AI to generate more code in a day than a human would write in a lifetime, every line adds technical debt — and a core engineering job is deciding what not to build and what to remove.
- He notes everyone is prompting AI to write as much code as possible while few are making the choice of what to skip: cheaper code generation doesn't mean you should have more of it.
- Having audited AI-generated "pure vibe coding" codebases by non-developers, he calls them nightmares on security, efficiency and maintainability, urging people to learn the fundamentals.
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