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Re:“Vibe Coding” vs. Reality by sfjailbird on Saturday March 22, 2025 @05:10PM (#43448662)
This brilliant piece of satire from Steve Yegge got buried for some reason:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43446695

Judging by the comments, most people couldn't even tell it was satire, which goes to show how absurd the hype is right now (and probably why it was buried).

Re:“Vibe Coding” vs. Reality by throwaway382948 on Saturday March 22, 2025 @05:36PM (#43448839)
He works for a company who tries to sell coding agents. He's absolutely trying to pump it up and induce FOMO. If you can't see that because he hides it behind a layer of humor, that's on you.
Re:“Vibe Coding” vs. Reality by Apocryphon on Saturday March 22, 2025 @07:38PM (#43449613)
For the long-time HN crowd this must be like finding out, say, Richard Garriott is a blockchain bro now.