AI in Programming: The Fast Fashion of Software Engineering
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Summary
The article critiques the rise of AI in programming, particularly 'vibe coding,' comparing its impact on software engineering to fast fashion's effect on the clothing industry. The author, a casual user of LLMs for coding, highlights the unreliability of AI-generated solutions for production code but acknowledges their utility in brainstorming and debugging.
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I’ve never found LLM-generated solutions reliable enough to fix issues in my production codebases, but they are sometimes helpful in my thought process.
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