alt Hacker NewsMy other 2c: There are Engineers who are concerned by the long-term consequences of their work e.g. maintainability.
In real engineering disciplines, the Engineer is accountable for their work. If a bridge you signed off collapses, you're accountable and if it turns out you were negligent you'll face jail time. In Software, that might be a program in a car.
The Engineering mindset embodies these principles regardless of regulatory constraints. The Engineer needs to keep in mind those who'll be using their constructions. With Agentic Vibecoding, I can never get confident that the resulting software will behave according to specs. I'm worried that it'll scewover the user, the client, and all stakeholders. I can't accept half-assed work just because it saved me 2 days of typing.
I don't make stuff just for the sake of making stuff otherwise it would just be a hobby, and in my hobbies I don't need to care about anything, but I can't in good conscience push shit and slop down other people's throats.
The industry cares about reasonable results not perfection.
If vibe coding delivers in one day, + an additional 2 days to solve stupid bugs, what you deliver with utter perfection in 3 months, then the industry doesn't give a shit about slop.
Is it maintainable? Well it's AI that's going to maintain it.
I think the future will turn into one where source code is like assembly code. Do you care about how your automated compiler system is spitting out assembly? Is the assembly code, neat and organized and maintainable? No. You don't care about assembly code. The industry is shifting in the direction where they don't care about ALL source code.