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gtowey | 3 days ago

Yeah, it's like saying that the amateur rocketry guys on youtube are going to replace NASA.

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Bombthecat|3 days ago

Good example! 90 percent ( or even more) of code do not need NASA level code. Vibe coding is good enough.

Just like a five dollar t shirt is enough for many many people

leptons|3 days ago

If 90% of code is for hobbies that don't cost anyone anything when it breaks, great - but launching rockets into space with million or billion dollar payloads is akin to software that makes millions or billions of dollars, and vibeslop is simply a liability at best in any real use case past a weekend hobby project.

sarchertech|3 days ago

Way more than 90% of code doesn’t need to be up to NASA standards. But there are many levels of quality between vibe coded and NASA engineered. Most code that makes money is in the middle, but should probably be closer the NASA end of the spectrum.

slopinthebag|3 days ago

The vibe coders wish they could produce the equivalent of a $5 teeshirt. Or they think they are because they don't have the ability to tell.

gtowey|2 days ago

> Good example! 90 percent ( or even more) of code do not need NASA level code.

I mean if you're saying that 90 percent of code is hobby level only, but I don't really agree that is the case.

I mean, take something like NPM and the JavaScript ecosystem. Every js project has mountains of dependencies which are included without a second thought or auditing of the code. Both in hobby projects and enterprise software alike. What happens when people vibe code those NPM modules? Is it a hobby? Maybe for them, but publishing it to an "official" source gives it implied credibility.

This is dangerous, because the line between production grade and hobby grade can get blurry real fast.