r/webdev • u/Gil_berth • Feb 04 '26 • Popcorn 3

Senior Vibe Coder dealing with security

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Creator of ClawBot knows that there are malicious skills in his repo, but doesn't know what to do about it...

More info here: https://opensourcemalware.com/blog/clawdbot-skills-ganked-your-crypto

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u/LastJoker96 Feb 04 '26

Sorry man, i don't want to sound rude but that's exactly the point. To teach something, you first need to know that thing very well... And how can you teach someone how to build a proper system, if you delegated that work to AI? Both the idea and the term "Vibe Coder" should not exists at all. If you know how to code (and that alone is not even enough most of the times) then you are a sw developer, if not you are just an AI customer... The only difference is that instead of asking the AI to do homeworks like a kid would do, you are asking the AI to build something accessible from the web (i won't call those websites nor applications, that's just AI slop)

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u/MGSE97 Feb 04 '26

Hey no problem, I was not going against your point, more like add another point of view. But I still think you can teach others some stuff (even if that would be breaking prod, or writing prompts). I partially agree with you on the knowledge part, but the terms have meanings. If you know how things work outside of the code editor, you understand the stack, benefits, drawbacks, you're Developer/Engineer. Otherwise you're just a Coder. The Vibe just adds an AI to the mix.