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NoTool not named · 1 Dec 2025

we've had good engineers switch to vibe coding and it's ruined their output

echelon on Hacker News

In the thread “Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?”, replying to this comment

Got in the way: Output became unmaintainable with deep nesting and lack of care.

… Seen it firsthand. Fwiw, we've had good engineers switch to vibe coding and it's ruined their output. From really solid systems to unmaintainable flocks of seagulls - nested if statements ten levels deep with no thought or care. …