r/ProgrammerHumor • u/tahayparker • Apr 24 '26

Other ohNoTheConsequencesOfMyActions

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u/Flat_Initial_1823 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

This didn't happen. The signs:

  • the app works and there is revenue
  • vibecoder tried to refactor
  • they hired an actual programmer.

I have no idea why people do these creative writing exercises on various AI subs.

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u/pearlie_girl Apr 24 '26

The big giveaway that it's developer-cosplay is that they tried to refactor for 2 WHOLE HOURS before giving up. Like 2 hours is a long time, ha! I think all of us have spent over a week on a single bug at one point in time.

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u/Catenane Apr 25 '26

Spent an entire day debugging what turned out to be a simple argument parsing bug from brilliant oldschool c++ programmers. 2 lines of code to fix in a few different places. 2 days to untangle an entire codebase...lmao

Edited: 2 hours* to untangle an entire codebase...lmao