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Grumpy Senior Snaps At AI Enthusiastic Junior Showing Off His Vibe Coded Features

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Grumpy Senior Snaps At AI Enthusiastic Junior Showing Off His Vibe Coded Features

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When the junior dev rolls in with their AI-generated masterpiece that "totally works" and you have to break the news that shipping features is maybe 20% of the job. The other 80%? Maintaining the damn thing without wanting to burn down the codebase.

Sure, ChatGPT can spit out a React component in 3 seconds, but can it refactor that nested ternary hell six months from now when the requirements change? Can it explain to the PM why the "simple feature" is causing memory leaks in production? Can it sit through the 2 AM incident call when everything breaks?

Real engineering isn't about cranking out code fast—it's about writing code that doesn't make future you (or your teammates) question their career choices. Tech debt isn't sexy, but it's the difference between a system that scales and a dumpster fire with a Vercel deployment.

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