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They're "good enough", but they're not good. If you're trying to run a business, programmer skill isn't worth the money you spend, LLMs are cheaper. If you care about the quality of what you produce, they're trash.

Programming is no longer skilled labor. Quality is a hobby.

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If your business involves storing any kind of customer data or handling payments, you probably should still hire a programmer who at least reviews the results of your vibe coding. Getting hacked is bad for business.

AI is just fine at security audits these days. It's better at finding bugs than it is at writing code, overall. You need to prompt for it, but that's not skilled labor.

I'm also not sure getting hacked is so bad for business. Most businesses that got hacked seem to still be around just fine.

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