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This whole thread is giving blockchain in 2015 vibes. People were using all sorts of quotes and anecdotes to tell skeptics why they were wrong and in 10 years the entire financial system will be running on blockchain. A certain amount of skepticism and cautious optimism is healthy.

Also, people seem to be missing that "AI Assisted" coding and "Vibe Coding" are not the same thing.

Personally I think the issue with vibe coding is two fold:

1. It is not good at solving problems that are uncommon.

2. It is not deterministic.

Yes, AI can do quality control and testing now. But anyone who has done TDD can tell you that just the mere presence of tests does not itself mean the code is effective or solving the right problem.

Is it getting better? Yes. Do I trust any vibe coded apps built by people who don't know actual code and are treating it like a black box? Absolutely not.

And I say that as someone who has tried pretty much every IDE out there and uses AI assisted coding (on "agent" mode) heavily every single day.