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NoClaude · 1 Aug 2026

The three of us spent two months turning this turd into a piece of software with working tests and working implementation before we were told a PM will be assigned to our team and we will have to explain to him how the software works and what the requirements are

surfingdino on Hacker News

200+ team

In the thread “AI doesn't generate working products, that's still your job”

Helped: Using LLMs for input analysis without expecting accuracy.

Got in the way: Vibed code lacked requirements, tests, and design, requiring months of cleanup.

… Similarly, the architect vibed tickets in Jira and we had to clean them up as well, because of their vaugness and repetition or generic requirements. The three of us spent two months turning this turd into a piece of software with working tests and working implementation before we were told a PM will be assigned to our team and we will have to explain to him how the software works and what the requirements are. I am no longer on that project. …