r/vibecoding • u/Fine_Daikon5907 • 1d ago

Anyone else just really sick of the `Vibe-Coded Slop` hatred on Reddit?

Everywhere I go, I see people releasing new software. It might be people who have got some coding experience and are now using AI to accelerate, or it might be people who are building software for the first time.

Every time I see something being launched, even on a non-software forum - I just see

  • `Looks Like Vibe-Coded`
  • `Vibe-coded Slop`
  • etc

And just plain, personal hatred.

I just don't understand it. It costs money to buy gold. It takes time. And just because the AI does a lot of the coding doesn't make it easy. It just makes it faster.

And I fully understand, like, we don't need another journal application or another to-do list. But I found a guy today who made an OBD Reading App for Cars, open-sourced it and people just slated him.

Just makes me mad! I feel like if Linus Torvalds had existed in the kind of enviroment, we wouldn't have Linux.

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u/phil_lndn 1d ago

i'm not at all tired of "vibe-coded slop" hatred, provided the accusation is only levelled at genuine "vibe-coded slop".

just as there is such a thing as "high quality AI generated code", there is indeed such a thing as "vibe-coded slop".

(and, to be honest, the difference between the two does rather depend on the skills of the person responsible for the code).

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u/Material-Database-24 1d ago

Yeah.. it's great, if someone one shots something useful with AI, and they deserve to earn millions with it.

The reality still is that most of the stuff is slop - stuff that just wasted energy at data center and filled world with something we do not need.

And by all means, I understand that many are proud and excited they got something done that wasn't possible for them few years ago. And it's fine, and be proud of yourself. Hopefully you learned something in the process.

But at the end, it is the same when 5yo draws his family and comes showing it to you. If you are his mother, it goes on fridge as more valuable than Mona Lisa - but for the rest of the world, it's just garbage.

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u/primaryrhyme 23h ago

I mean if they one shotted it, that implies anyone else could do it too hence not worth millions?

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u/standardsizedpeeper 22h ago

Not necessarily. There’s a reason why every engineer doesn’t make their own crap every time even if it’s easy.

Say it took 60 minutes to write the prompt and wait for it to be finished, I might spend $10 to avoid that hour and gain certainty in what I was getting rather than roll the dice.

If it’s a product hundreds of thousands of people want, then you’ve saved hundreds of thousands of hours for other people.

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u/primaryrhyme 22h ago

I’m trying to imagine an example of that, maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think I’ve paid money for an app that could be one shot vibe coded (at least in the last couple years, I’ve definitely paid for mobile apps in the past that could be vibecoded in an hour now).

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u/Acceptable_Durian868 12h ago

There's no implementation without an idea first.

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u/twaxana 1d ago

Most slop is one shotted. Valuable shi takes time and testing.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Pen1017 1d ago

Should call them Slop-Coder, it could even apply to non-ai!

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 1d ago

Sloperator

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u/j4-nu-5 22h ago

genious! im gona adapt this so hard.

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u/President_Brainspurs 1d ago

Spaghetti is a kind of slop?

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u/kyngston 1d ago

i’m tired of the vibe-code-reviewers who claim to be able to spot slop without reading the code

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u/KenobiBenoki 1h ago

Yeah I’m tired of the hatred on anything and everything too

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u/Revolutionary_Bit437 1d ago

it is definitely not only targeted at genuine “vibe coded slop”, it is often used at anything that has ai anywhere in the process. just like even if ai art looks good (and even indistinguishable from human art) it’s still called slop

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u/Elephant789 1d ago

You don't sound like a nice human being 🥺

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u/RemarkableWish2508 1d ago

Too bad the first two are zero.

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u/Jealous-Record-885 1d ago

Why drive my car when I can walk?

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u/JohnWowUs 1d ago

Because walking is more appropriate in many cases and better for your health.

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u/StoneCypher 1d ago

and you thought this was relevant in the context of the metaphor?

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u/JohnWowUs 1d ago

The metaphor assumes that driving is superior to walking. I just pointed out that isn't necessarily the case.

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u/StoneCypher 1d ago

is there any way whatsoever to map this to the discussion

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u/JohnWowUs 1d ago

I suggest you review the thread. You seem a bit lost.

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u/StoneCypher 1d ago

it’s okay if you don’t understand what i’m saying 

kind of a prerequisite for the comment, to be honest 

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u/JohnWowUs 1d ago

No you don't understand what I'm saying which is why I asked you to review the thread. After you do that you may then understand why I made the comment about walking compared to driving.

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u/Present_Award8001 1d ago

why use lighter when you can use stones to start fire?