Re:Jonathan Blow – If AI Solved Coding, Why Is My Software S...
by retwakm4 on Saturday November 14, 2026 @08:32AM
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Well, I think that's a bit of a shame but I can also come up with reasonable explanations for it...
Mostly, I think if you are promoting outside of your main area of expertise and couldn't have written it on your own, people don't want to put stuff out there and portray themselves as an expert in a subject matter that they relied heavily on AI assistance for, because it wouldn't be honest to other contributors to said project or other similar projects that were done without AI assistance.
So, I think I'd be fine with taking a look at and contributing to "vibe coded" projects so long as it is disclosed the level of expertise on the underlying subject matter that the repo maintainer has and the extent of the AI assistance.
Then it may be a genuine learning opportunity for them (and for me) and more power to them and it's a shame if it doesn't get published, but I can see why socially there is a pressure not to do it.
Mostly, I think if you are promoting outside of your main area of expertise and couldn't have written it on your own, people don't want to put stuff out there and portray themselves as an expert in a subject matter that they relied heavily on AI assistance for, because it wouldn't be honest to other contributors to said project or other similar projects that were done without AI assistance.
So, I think I'd be fine with taking a look at and contributing to "vibe coded" projects so long as it is disclosed the level of expertise on the underlying subject matter that the repo maintainer has and the extent of the AI assistance.
Then it may be a genuine learning opportunity for them (and for me) and more power to them and it's a shame if it doesn't get published, but I can see why socially there is a pressure not to do it.