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MixedCursor · 15 Feb 2026

I use AI for the mundane parts, for brainstorming bugs. It is actually more consistent than me in covering corner cases

throwaway7783 on Hacker News

In the thread “Breaking the spell of vibe coding”

Helped: Using AI for mundane parts, brainstorming bugs, and covering corner cases.

Got in the way: Vibe coding an entire product without understanding the code leads to disaster.

… While you can get very far with vibe coding, without the guiding hands and someone who understands what's really going on with the code, it ends up in a disaster. I use AI for the mundane parts, for brainstorming bugs. It is actually more consistent than me in covering corner cases, making sure guard conditions exist etc. So I now focus more on design/architecture and what to build and not minutea.