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Comment by wobfan | Hacker News Reader

I feel like no one has read the article, instead anyone jumps on the defense and says "but my AI code is good!!!!". It's not even about the quality, and no one said that AI just produces garbage, especially with newer models.

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> My take on AI for programming and "vibe coding" is that it will do to software engineering what fast fashion did to the clothing industry: flood the market with cheap, low-quality products and excessive waste.

Where is this saying that LLMs code quality is bad?

> cheap, low-quality products

Product quality != code quality.

"Product" is referring to the fast fashion analogy. The author is clearly saying that AI for programming and "vibe coding" will lead to bad code. Otherwise the analogy doesn't make sense. Why would AI programming lead to bad products but not also bad code?

Product in software is clearly NEVER the code, but what the code does.

I don't claim the AI code is good or bad. It generated me a tool I needed in a short time in a domain where I don't have enough knowledge. I have other high value work to do. I got the tool I wanted and moved on. I didn't even bother code reviewing it. It's like you ask an intern to knock you up a tool to do a job and instead of two days waiting you get it in a few hours.

I feel like I don't need to read articles with inflammatory headlines.

That's your choice, but then you also shouldn't take part in the comments, IMO.

Nor do you really need to comment on them, in that case.

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