Merav Knafo posted that vibe-coded apps become difficult to change rather than crashing outright. She quoted a founder who took four hours to build an app and then needed 22 days to modify one feature. The founder added that he was scared to touch it. Other posts in the thread discussed messy codebases, rabbit holes from letting AI run without limits, and the idea that strong fundamentals help engineers using these tools more than beginners.
VIBE CODING IS ADDICTIVE. You open your laptop at 5pm to fix one small bug. Suddenly itβs 2:30am.
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A founder described spending far longer modifying a feature than building the app itself.
Merav Knafo posted that vibe-coded apps become difficult to change rather than crashing outright. She quoted a founder who took four hours to build an app and then needed 22 days to modify one feature. The founder added that he was scared to touch it. Other posts in the thread discussed messy codebases, rabbit holes from letting AI run without limits, and the idea that strong fundamentals help engineers using these tools more than beginners.
VIBE CODING IS ADDICTIVE. You open your laptop at 5pm to fix one small bug. Suddenly itβs 2:30am.

