When Vibe Coding Turns Into Vibe Debugging

Software engineering Technical debt Developer life Legacy code Code maintenance Spaghetti code Clean code

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When Vibe Coding Turns Into Vibe Debugging

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Started the day with a clean architecture and grand plans, ended it untangling spaghetti code that would make Italian chefs weep. That poor soul in the image isn't fixing cables - he's experiencing the exact emotional journey you take when your elegant 20-line solution somehow mutates into 500 lines of nested if-statements and stack overflow copypasta. The transition from "I'll build something beautiful" to "I'll be happy if it just stops throwing exceptions" happens faster than you can say "it works on my machine."

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