Vibe coding: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing (Sorry, Linus)

Opinion It is a truth universally acknowledged that a singular project possessed of prospects is in want of a team. That team has to be built from good developers with experience, judgement, analytic and logic skills, and strong interpersonal communication. Where AI coding fits in remains strongly contentious. Opinion on vibe coding in corporate IT is more clearly stated: you're either selling the stuff or steering well clear.

The reasons are simple. Code generation is sold on promises of fast results from natural language prompts, not requiring specialist knowledge of how code actually works. This much is somewhat true, and impressive two-minute demos, if well chosen, are certainly possible. In this respect, vibe coding is much like the low-code/no-code movement that's been around for 30 years.

Vibe coding really falls down thereafter because it is non-deterministic. Low/no-code platforms have consistency in how their interface responds to ...