What is vibe coding?
Vibe coding is a trend where you hand control of the code entirely to AI. You don't write or review the code — you just specify requirements and evaluate the result. You're less of a developer and more of a tester.
For rapid prototypes it's ideal. But it has nothing to do with production development.
The long-term maintenance problem
Even if you have some programming knowledge, AI will back you into a corner after a few iterations. It takes shortcuts that have serious consequences for:
- Security — AI frequently ignores security best practices
- Readability — the code is messy and undocumented
- Maintainability — after several iterations, even AI itself can't make sense of it
Where vibe coding is fine
For small internal tools, demo applications, or showcase websites I have no objection. A quick prototype, a proof of concept, a hackathon — sure, why not.
- Rapid prototypes and proof of concept
- Internal tools with a short lifespan
- Demo applications and presentations
- Hackathons and experimentation
Where it becomes a gamble
In all other cases it's a gamble. Production applications, systems processing sensitive data, software with a long lifecycle — vibe coding has no place there.
- Production business applications
- Systems processing personal data (GDPR)
- Financial and payment systems
- Software with NIS2 compliance requirements
- Applications requiring long-term maintenance
AI-assisted programming: A different league entirely
The situation changes completely when a developer uses AI as an assistant. They understand the code and the architecture, can modify it, test it. That works. This has a future.
But be clear — that's no longer vibe-coding, that's AI-assisted programming.
Vibe-coding
- AI writes, you test
- You don't understand the code
- No architectural oversight
- Security vulnerabilities
- Not maintainable long-term
AI-assisted programming
- AI assists, you steer
- You understand every line
- You control the architecture
- Code review and tests
- Professional output
Have you tried generating something yourself?
If so, you know exactly what I mean. The first version looks great. So does the second iteration. But after the tenth requirement change, it turns into spaghetti code that nobody wants to untangle.
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