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The problem with "vibe coding"


An article from dylanbeattie.net

Posted by Dylan Beattie on 11 April 2025 • permalink The whole “vibe coding” thing is another reminder that quite a lot of people working in tech don’t understand the difference between programs and products. You haven’t considered encoding, internationalization, concurrency, authentication, telemetry, billing, branding, mobile devices, deployment. One of the genuinely positive things about tools like Copilot and ChatGPT is that they empower people with minimal development experience to create their own programs.

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