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@rlcw @AlSweigart
What I keep hearing from really experienced devs matches my own experiences: the cost of reviewing and fixing the AI-generated code is so high that it’s at best a wash vs just writing it yourself time-wise — and that process replaces “the code is making me think more deeply about my problem” with “spot the hidden code screw-up that has nothing to do with the project’s underlying problem,” which is not a great tradeoff.

I do think there’s potentially some utility for people learning new languages/tools who are in the “I don’t even know where to start” phase of learning. In that situation, it could be useful to ask “Show me some BS that would be typical here, so that I know what to even start learning about.”

But this vibe coding business? I see a lot of people thinking they can replace plumbers because somebody showed them how to build a toilet out of cardboard.