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by nachocoll 94 days ago
The security angle is one of the most underappreciated risks in vibe coding. When developers don't understand the code that gets generated, they can't assess whether it's introducing vulnerabilities — hallucinated packages, insecure patterns, broken auth — and your finding that a "crazy amount" of AI-generated repos have severe structural flaws matches what a lot of teams are discovering in production.

This connects directly to a core principle from the Agile Vibe Coding Manifesto (https://agilevibecoding.org): "Automation must remain verifiable — their outputs remain understandable, reviewable, and verifiable by humans." The problem with pure vibe coding isn't just that AI makes mistakes; it's that the workflow removes the verification step entirely.

An automated security reviewer is a great practical response to this. Happy to test it on a project if you're still looking for early feedback.