AI Contrarians on the Problems With Vibe Coding

“What the hell is going on right now?” asked engineer David DeGraw, aka Catskull, in a blog post last week.

Vibe coding. Vibe coding is what’s going on — and it’s exhausting everyone and ruining everything, some developers say.

“Engineers are burning out,” DeGraw wrote. “Orgs expect their senior engineering staff to be able to review and contribute to ‘vibe-coded’ features that don’t work.”

He’s not alone in his criticism of AI’s impact. Like DeGraw, many contend that AI is like the emperor who wore no clothes.

The…