Tweets reference an ETH Zurich test of 100 students building software with AI assistance. One post states that computer science knowledge proved the strongest predictor of producing working code. Other developers share accounts of vibe coding projects that later stalled over logic questions the coder could not answer. Several contributors argue that understanding code remains essential regardless of AI tools, while one suggests the term itself should be replaced by design and development with agents. The conversation centers on limits observed when projects grow beyond initial prototypes.
"Software engineering is dead" until u have to build software that works... ETH Zurich tested 100 students in vibe coding and measured what actually predicts who builds software that works. Guess what... CS knowledge was the most important factor...
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Tweets discuss an ETH Zurich study on whether CS knowledge predicts success when students build software using AI agents.
Tweets reference an ETH Zurich test of 100 students building software with AI assistance. One post states that computer science knowledge proved the strongest predictor of producing working code. Other developers share accounts of vibe coding projects that later stalled over logic questions the coder could not answer. Several contributors argue that understanding code remains essential regardless of AI tools, while one suggests the term itself should be replaced by design and development with agents. The conversation centers on limits observed when projects grow beyond initial prototypes.
"Software engineering is dead" until u have to build software that works... ETH Zurich tested 100 students in vibe coding and measured what actually predicts who builds software that works. Guess what... CS knowledge was the most important factor...
Thaw Tran@thaw_tranA developer's account going around this week: five fast weeks of vibe-coding a client project, then a rounding-logic question he couldn't answer, because he'd never read the code. "It feels faster right up until your project is big enough to remember its own history." That…
Kabarza@kabarza_Vibe-coding is a term like no-code It shouldn’t have become a thing in the first place. No-code should have been visual dev Vibe-coding is just design. With agents. I would like to see it less. Just call it what it is. Design. Dev. Whatever. With the help of agents.
Pri@solopribuildshot take: vibe coding won’t save you if you don’t understand code
Omkar@omkarshipsIf everyone can vibe code, will good product ideas become more important than technical skills?
Raj kr@raj_SDE1_FAANGVibe coding gonna to disappear SOON 🧐.
ThioJoe@thiojoeAbout to reach vibe coding levels never before conceived
Replies on vibe coding largely agreed good product ideas will matter more than technical skills, while others argued execution, selling, and marketing matter even more.
Based on 28 sentiment-bearing replies from 26 accounts across 2 conversations.
Replies on vibe coding largely agreed good product ideas will matter more than technical skills, while others argued execution, selling, and marketing matter even more.
Based on 28 sentiment-bearing replies from 26 accounts across 2 conversations.
Thaw Tran@thaw_tranA developer's account going around this week: five fast weeks of vibe-coding a client project, then a rounding-logic question he couldn't answer, because he'd never read the code. "It feels faster right up until your project is big enough to remember its own history." That…
Kabarza@kabarza_Vibe-coding is a term like no-code It shouldn’t have become a thing in the first place. No-code should have been visual dev Vibe-coding is just design. With agents. I would like to see it less. Just call it what it is. Design. Dev. Whatever. With the help of agents.
Pri@solopribuildshot take: vibe coding won’t save you if you don’t understand code
Felipe Freitas@FelipeFr1702@solopribuilds Yeah, in a way. If you don’t understand what you’re doing, you’re definitely going to leak data.
Aloys Zunguzungu@zunguzungu_III@FelipeFr1702 @solopribuilds All you have to do is tell Claude not to make mistakes. Problem solved!