Vibe coding is depressing
3 days ago
- #Software Development Ethics
- #AI in Development
- #Freelancing Challenges
- The author, a mobile developer with 15 years of experience, finds the AI/LLM era depressing for their profession.
- Previously, projects started from scratch with clear documentation, allowing for clean code and proper development practices.
- Clients were patient, understanding the complexity of mobile development, and happy with progress updates.
- With the rise of AI, clients now send AI-generated code snippets, increasing workload and complicating code integration.
- The 'Vibe Coding' era introduced unprofessional practices like emojis in code, chaotic branching, and poor file organization.
- One project had over 1,200 branches and a single file containing all logic, which was live on the App Store.
- The author laments the loss of best practices, proper processes, and meaningful collaboration in their profession due to AI.