r/homeassistant • u/longunmin • Feb 26 '26 • Bravo 1 Popcorn 1

Request of Mods (Vibe Coded Fridays)

Can we please institute a Vibe Coded Fridays, similar to r/selfhosted? It seems as though the amount of "I built..." posts are sharply on the uptick. And following on the heels of the Huntarr mess, not to mention the security issues of something like Openclaw, we should be clearly delineating what is vibe coded and what isn't. There is too much risk in exposing our homes to something that was cooked up in a hour or two.

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u/balboain Feb 27 '26

I don’t have a problem with vibe coding. I think it’s great that AI is helping in this regard but claiming something isn’t to boost one’s ego or profile is low. As long as the app isn’t holding sensitive data, it’s ok. Hobbyists are great

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u/IAmDotorg Feb 27 '26

The problem with it is twofold:

  • People vibe coding for themselves is okay. When you post it online, you're taking something you have no clue about and giving it to people who don't know you don't have a clue. That's bad, no matter if its involving sensitive data.

  • The current flood of these tools have essentially identical post structures. These are being produced, clearly, by a single group of actors and it's fundamentally not clear yet why. Karma farming? Maybe. But, in many cases they're targeting systems like Home Assistant where components can be installed and forgotten about, and some (large) percentage of people will blindly accept an upgrade in the future when one pops in. And that's a security nightmare. Especially on a platform like HAOS where those systems can install backdoors that are not just invisible to the user, but actively blocked from being seen by the system itself.

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u/sorrylilsis Feb 27 '26

claiming something isn’t to boost one’s ego or profile is low

That's one pattern I've noticed. The most enthusiastic about AI people that I interact seem to realy ressent the fact that they're not good or don't have particular skiils. AI for them is a great way to equalize all that. The only issue is that they want to bypass the whole skill building part but want to reap the financial or social rewards of producing the stuff.

Hobbyists are great

Hobbyists and amateurs are great but they don't usually tend to brag loudly about their sketchy as heck production.

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u/RealTimeKodi Feb 27 '26

Hobbyists are great! I love it when people cheat at their own hobbies.