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Exoristos • yesterday at 8:18 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Taxes and vibe-coding--what could go wrong?


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mattm • yesterday at 10:54 PM

I used Claude for my taxes last year. It was fine.

Previously, I used Free Fillable Forms which does force me to know more about tax forms than a more abstract software program. Most people's tax situation does not change very much year to year so it's fairly easy to verify - you can check if my tax return looks fairly similar to the previous year taking into account any differences.

If you have a substantially different year for whatever reason, sure get an accountant to double check. But if you're paying for an AI frontier agent, there's really no need to pay for a 3rd party program anymore.

cadamsdotcom • yesterday at 9:00 PM

Wikipedia in its early days was not a high quality source of information. Assignments citing Wikipedia were graded F, no one trusted the information there, etc etc.

Now look at it! It's a key data source for humans AND AI. When did the flip happen? How did it happen?

Your views on vibecoding are going to become wrong similarly: gradually then all at once.

So keep looking for the signs and be ready to change your views - it'll happen fast to vibecoding too.

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