bubble bursting data point: I am about to throw away my side project's vibe coded front end (~5000loc) and rewrite it by hand. At the scale it's gotten to, its become too difficult to change. i try to tweak it and it doesn't quite get it right, and then breaks some other thing, ad infinitum. maybe this is the "AI developer" skill - to somehow do it so you dont get to this point - but I ENJOY programming, so i'm going back to doing it by hand. It will have less (probably unnecessary) features but i will be able to craft it to my needs and achieve the daily flow my mental health requires ...