[chbot] Vibe coding

Mark Atherton markaren1 at xtra.co.nz
Tue Nov 25 06:58:15 GMT 2025


Here is the spec for the module, here is the associated test fixture. Go 
away and write some code that does the job.

Anyway, that's how I am handling it...

-mark

On 25/11/2025 5:36 pm, Tim Buchanan wrote:
> Vibe coding, like LLMs in general, is still widely misunderstood. Most 
> of the reason is purposeful misrepresentation: people see $$$ to be made 
> and are jumping on the bandwagon.
> 
> Vibe coding should be thought of like LLMs as a useful tool and no more. 
> Tasks such as refactoring, code analysis and structural changes are 
> handled mostly well by current vibe coding tools. However all this is 
> meaningless if the user doesn't know programming.
> 
> People that try to blindly apply vibe coding tools without a deeper 
> understanding of what they are doing will get that classic result: GIGO.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tim
> 
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM Andy Gardner <ceo at andygardner.com 
> <mailto:ceo at andygardner.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/24/opinion_column_vibe_coding/
>     <https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/24/opinion_column_vibe_coding/>
> 
> 
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