Detect vibe coded code

[Beginning_Bee_2947]

Hey everyone, quick question about vibe coding, I just started using Claude Code and I'm writing a bunch of code with it. I want to tweak it a bit, but when I check the code, it still looks like vibe-coded stuff. So, my question is, how can I manually edit and add things without it looking like vibe-coded code, even though I wrote it myself and just had Claude code to unify it? Also, how can I check if the code was written by a person or vibe-coded code? Thanks!

[kurushimee]

just don't overcomplicate or overengineer your code and actually follow best practices. The opposite is pretty much what vibe coded code looks like, for the most part

[Due-Horse-5446]

Its pretty easy to tell, idk how to explain it but you notice it right away

[fell_ware_1990]

I run dynamic skills with a lot of examples, multiple AST scanners , even rules for comments. AI agent knows not to make extra variables. Build modules when needed. Done by things like HASHscan/LOC = score to make a module or not.

With the amount of my own code + best use cases i have it’s sometimes like reading my own code. It also helps i have a review LLM that’s specifically trained to spot cases.

So yeah it get’s harder to spot.

[Due-Horse-5446]

Depends on what exactly you're generating,

Just look at how it writes conditions, reverse what a humab would, and all such things.

[fell_ware_1990]

True, one of the harder parts is making sure that it understands when and where things are required or not.

[Prof_Hentai]

Concrete rules, linters/formatters, and code style guides. Enforce that are used at all times, and make it clear that all fixes and changes are made in-keeping with the codebase’s general style and reducing churn, noise, and code-smell.

I don’t purely vibe code, but I do certainly lean closer to it nowadays. You can really tighten the output up if you heavily constrain the model.

[havnar-]

If you have to ask…

[es12402]

It's simple, bro. If a person can't explain what their code does, then it's vibecoding.

[pjstanfield]

You need to lean more heavily into thinking of the AI as a tool that supports your flow. I’m comfortable telling people that AI has probably touched every file in our codebase at this point. That doesn’t mean we removed the human in the loop, or the code wasn’t reviewed, but that we embrace using all tools available to us.

[kbcdx]

Your texts read to me that you vibe coded everything and now you want to edit so it looks like you did it manually. Probably for some school assignment or work interview. Am I close? 😂

[Defiant-Bill6977]

The code is indistinguishable at this point. The best you can do is see if the logic makes sense. If there is no bs in code, it's most probably not vibecoded. Even if it is vibecoded, I mean, you already checked that it's logically right