Re:Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding
by linsomniac on Sunday February 15, 2026 @11:46AM
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>perfection cannot be achieved
That's not what I get out of the comment you are replying to.
In the case being discussed here, one of code matching the tax code, perfection is likely possible; perfection is defined by the tax code. The SME on this should be writing the tests that demonstrate adhering with the tax code. Once they do that, then it doesn't matter if they, or the AI, or a one shot consultant write it, as far as correctness goes.
If the resulting AI code has subtle bugs in it that pass the test, the SME likely didn't understand the corner cases of this part of the tax code as well as they thought, and quite possibly could have run into the same bugs.
That's what I get out of what you are replying to.
That's not what I get out of the comment you are replying to.
In the case being discussed here, one of code matching the tax code, perfection is likely possible; perfection is defined by the tax code. The SME on this should be writing the tests that demonstrate adhering with the tax code. Once they do that, then it doesn't matter if they, or the AI, or a one shot consultant write it, as far as correctness goes.
If the resulting AI code has subtle bugs in it that pass the test, the SME likely didn't understand the corner cases of this part of the tax code as well as they thought, and quite possibly could have run into the same bugs.
That's what I get out of what you are replying to.