Coding agents are extremely useful but often extremely dumb with design. If you do not design the software yourself, you will probably get slop. This was always the core issue with vibe coding.

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j45 2 hours ago | parent [-]

AI Averages, and is inclined to do average designs and implementations, which in some cases might be an improvement, but long term it creates more to deal with.

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bityard 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Hm. If "AI averages," then why doesn't it create an average amount to deal with, instead of more?

	▲	ronsor 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Because competent people are evaluating it. In places where the standards are rock-bottom, the AI is leagues ahead of anything they'd produce normally.
	▲	freeone3000 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Because the “average” developer is incompetent.