Why I abandoned 7 months of AI-assisted coding to write code by hand again
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dropbox_miner
The bagel they save for the regulars. Don't skim, savour.
Summary
A developer recounts a 7-month journey of "vibe-coding" a GPU-aware Kubernetes TUI (terminal UI) called k10s, only to archive the project and start over. The article explores the limitations of AI-assisted coding when projects grow complex, concluding that human intervention remains essential as of 2026. The author shares lessons learned about what AI gets wrong in larger codebases and why going back to writing code by hand was necessary.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledHumans intervention is still needed as of 10/05/2026. You can totally go back now!
How far I can get with building a piece of software by keeping myself completely out of the loop
The tl;dr of this dev log is that I still need to be in the loop to make anything meaningful.
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