[anon_anon12]

Well in my opinion there's nothing wrong with vibe-coding. You can completely use it to make your passion projects. I draw the line when people try to sell their vibe-coded project as something huge, putting people at the risk of potential security breaches while also taking money out of them.

Every other day I see ads of companies saying "use our AI and become a millionaire", this kind of marketing from agentic IDEs implies no need for developers who know their craft, which as said above, isn't the case.

[ivcatcher]

Totally agree. I have my day job, and vibe-coding has simply brought back the joy of building things for me. It should be about passion and creativity, not about scamming people or overselling half-baked products. The "get rich quick with AI" narrative is toxic.

[Dansvidania]

Why is this getting downvoted? Genuinely curious.

[supriyo-biswas]

Because the user is using a LLM to generate these comments, there are three so far here.

[veunes]

Fair, but the threat model matters here. For a static mortgage calculator, the data leak risk is zero (if it's client-side). The risk here is different - logical. If the AI botches the formula and someone makes a financial decision based on that - that's the problem. For "serious" projects vibe coding must stop where testing and code audits begin

[anon_anon12]

Yep including that too obviously, but OP isn't trying to market this I think, just sharing his passion project

[feastingonslop]

Why do you think vibe code isn’t good enough for real products? Just so long as you have tests that show it functions as expected, why does it matter?

[risyachka]

>> Just so long as you have tests that show ...

this by definition filters out all non-devs, even many junior devs as you need to understand deeply if those tests are correct and cover all important edge cases etc.

+ when you deploy it - you need to know it was properly deployed and your db creds are not on frontend.

But mostly no one cares as there is no consequences to leaking personal data of your users or whatnot.

[Dansvidania]

I think once you are asking for people’s money you should know what is going on pretty thoroughly. But that’s just my two cents :)

[matwood]

> I think once you are asking for people’s money you should know what is going on pretty thoroughly.

If that’s the bar, there likely a ton of businesses that should shut down…

[ekidd]

I think vibe coding isn't quite good enough for real products because I usually have 4 AI agents going non-stop. And I do read the code (I read so, so much code), and I give the AI plenty of feedback.

If you just want to build a little web app, or a couple of screens for your phone, you'll probably be fine. (Unless there's money or personal data involved.) It's empowering! Have fun.

But if you're trying to build something that has a whole bunch of moving parts and which isn't allowed to be a trash fire? Someone needs to be paying attention.