It Allegedly Gives You Hairy Palms

Vibe coding is the developer equivalent of eating dessert first and wondering why dinner tastes bland. Sure, you get that dopamine hit watching your code "just work" without understanding why, but then production breaks at 2 PM on a Friday and you're staring at your own code like it's written in ancient Sumerian.

The real kicker? You can't even explain what you did to your teammates during code review. "Yeah, so I just... vibed with it until the tests passed" doesn't exactly inspire confidence. It's the programming equivalent of that thing your parents warned you about—feels great in the moment, leaves you with regret and a codebase no one wants to touch.

We've all been there though. Sometimes you just copy-paste from Stack Overflow, change three variable names, and call it a day. The shame is real, but so is the deadline.