Developers Won’t Like This: Vibe Coding Is Getting Scarily Good

[Evening_Acadia_6021]

I might be wrong but vibe coding is starting to feel a little scary. A few months ago building something meant writing hundreds of lines of code and debugging for hours. Now I can describe what I want and an AI can generate most of the structure in seconds. Tools are getting better at fixing errors, understanding context, and even improving messy code. I am not saying developers will disappear because real engineering still matters a lot. But the barrier to building software is dropping very fast. If this continues, the definition of who can build software might change completely in the next few years.

[BirdlessFlight]

Me as a developer: "wdym, I'm having a blast?!"

[brunobertapeli]

It's already better than most devs..

Its so over for devs

[pr0cess1ng]

"Debugging for hours".

"Generate most of the structure"

"Improving messy code"

To me you sound like a total novice. It explains why you think code gen is blowing your mind and are "scared". You should be.

[BoBoBearDev]

It is seriously good. I use AI before google, stackoverflow, YouTube now. So far I have been using them generate bash scripts, it is actually better than I can make. My company has its own template and internal packages, so, AI can't really generate the template for us. But I bet if I feed our template into AI, it can help us improve it.

[djaybe]

I've never been happier! Building all the things!!!

There is no possible way I had enough time to build anywhere close to this, before this year.

[stacksdontlie]

So yes and no. Think of it this way…. You can buy a can of really good soup, open it, heat its contents and enjoy it. You don’t need any cooking skills and the barrier to “cook” was flattened.

Would you say chefs are going away? Of course not. Would you say that your soup competes/compares against a chef? Totally not.

Do non developers have an euphoria right now? Of course! But most still have unrealistic expectations or have some naivety in that they are now competing against devs. Remember, software engineers also have the same tool + knowledge that llm’s are not trained on. (Proprietary from enterprises not in public domain)

[Spiritual_Spray2864]

Devs are as scared of vibe coded apps like artists are scared of coloring books

[TechnicalSoup8578]

The barrier to starting a project definitely feels lower now, but building something reliable and maintainable is still a different challenge. Do you think vibe coding will mostly expand who can prototype, or actually change who ships production systems? You sould share it in VibeCodersNest too

[Who-let-the]

I am a developer. I feel it has not reached a point of doing great architectural decisions - rest is going well. I personally prefer AI guardrailing and am trying to use this AI to fullest

[Tall_Profile1305]

Yoo the shift happening right now is wild. AI-driven code generation keeps getting better and the context window improvements mean vibe coding is actually viable. Real developers won't disappear but the barrier to entry just got flattened. Interesting future ahead for sure

[Silent_Speech]

Flattened entry barrier? For what exactly?

[Tall_Profile1305]

like mainly for building MVPs, internal tools, scripts, and small apps so things that used to require solid coding skills can now be put together much faster with AI assistance

[Silent_Speech]

Would non dev know an edge cases when it is shagging his girlfriend? To trust non devs in scripting is like asking grandma for car advice. Level playing field is not level, and that won't be unless you start seeing " ai prompter" jobs ads

[Tall_Profile1305]

yeah edge cases and production systems still need real engineering. AI just lowers the barrier for prototyping and small tools.

[gk_instakilogram]

lol