Why Vibe Coding Isn't the AI Utopia You Think It Is

The internet loves good vibe coding post like "AI wrote my app in 5 minutes". I mean, attention is gold in content creation and I totally get it but it doesn't show the other side of the process. Especially about the part where people say its replacing developers. It does raise the bar as now anyone can build a product with LLMs and vibe coding is fast. It feels smart. But it's not replacing developers. It's reminding us why they still matter. What Is Vibe Coding? Vibe coding is what happens when developers offload code generation to AI. You give a high-level instruction like: "Write a function to parse a config and return only the active keys." and let the AI do the rest. The appeal is real. You get speed, fewer keystrokes, and less context-switching. The code often looks right, but that's not the same as being right. My Experience I've been using LLMs for code since GitHub Copilot first dropped in early 2022 so without realizing it, I've ...