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NoChatGPT · 15 Apr 2026

The only advantage I had was that the whole team, other than Fred of course, rejected the PR

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In the thread “An AI Vibe Coding Horror Story”, replying to this comment

Got in the way: Management ignored quality; team rejected PR; toxic behavior caused departures.

… It was in the days when ChatGPT was much worse than it is now and the code was almost one big hallucination - indescribable how bad it was. The only advantage I had was that the whole team, other than Fred of course, rejected the PR. It caused a world of horrible problems though and incredible behavior from "Fred" and yet he was able to get away with it until he finally stepped so far over the line that nobody could support him. …