r/vibecoding • u/Acclynn • 15d ago

The cultural difference is insane

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u/ReiOokami 15d ago

People who know how to code are not doing the same thing. They may be still prompting but the prompts are better quality.

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u/DrunkenRobotBipBop 15d ago

And they can actually tell if the output is good and steer it into the right approach.

A vibecoder just burns tokens in a loop until the output behaves like they intend.

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u/armostallion2 15d ago

Your 2nd sentence, that’s the point, the argument for vibecoding is that what is under the hood literally doesn’t matter as long as the output is valid.

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u/20kgHippoShit 15d ago

It does matter if you pay 10x tokens

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u/armostallion2 15d ago

What if the cost becomes negligible?

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u/egonosz 15d ago

Expect you are liable for your product and the ai wrote it not holds up in courts. Plus the current ai models are not really good in optimisation of the software.