Hello programmers! I’ve been making a living for a couple of decades figuring out stuff for people and coding whatever will make them happy. It’s fun. I’ve grown to prefer the people to the coding but I still get a kick out of the whole thing.
The problem is: at the job we’re being asked to pivot to vibe coding. At this point the order is to use it for all code, read the slop carefully, argue with the machine for way too long and only then open that PR. Massive productivity gains are expected. I’m appalled from an ethical, philosophical and professional standpoint. We’re a non-profit ngo ffs. My colleagues are fine with it. If I get even slightly critical the group goes awkwardly silent and I get comments on how all the programmers they know from other places don’t code anymore.
If this is how it goes from now on, I’m out. Is it really though? Are all businesses switching to vibe coding? Have some of you started switching career? I think I want to go to meatspace. Hand-made coding could make a cute hobby.
I think most of the time with these kind of problems we are comparing apples and oranges. Sure we are both using LLMs to make fruit, but what kind of fruit? I’ve found models are best at what they are most trained for but as soon as you want Kiwi and they aren’t as popular as apples you need to be on your A game. I think people who say LLMs are really good are doing trivial stuff or the most stock standard thing you can think of, like making a new portal web app with the most ubiquitous technologies that have been around forever.