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Vibe Coding: Genius Move or Brain Drain?
AI-Powered Coding Is Fun Until You Realise You Can’t Code Without It
There was a time when debugging meant hours of frustration, flipping through Stack Overflow and brute-forcing solutions until something clicked. Then, AI came along and suddenly, coding felt different. You could throw half-baked code at it and it would spit back something that (mostly!) worked. It was like having a senior developer sitting next to you, spoon feeding and correcting what you do.
Sounds great, right? Well…maybe yes maybe not.
I’ve seen AI-assisted coding change how developers work and sometimes for the better but also in ways that make me wonder if we’re creating a future where no one actually understands what they’re building. Trust me, Im using it too.
When “Vibe Coding” Backfires
AI-generated code sounds great until your code turns into a nightmares.
Found a post on X while doom scrolling, the post mention that he proudly announced that he built his entire SaaS using AI, with “zero handwritten code.” Impressive, right? Well, things went south fast. Users started maxing out his API keys, bypassing subscriptions and injecting all kinds of weird data into his database. And the best part? He openly…
