What could possibly go wrong? Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony brings us the latest story of "How AI will solve all of our problems, or maybe not." Daily News Stuff 22 March 2025: Tapir, Ghost, and Jerboa Edition. This just appeals to my inner nerd. Well, that and the schadenfreude.
"Vibe coding" is a dangerous fantasy. (NMN)
Here's how I built a B2B SAAS platform without knowing how to code.(Five minutes later.)
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The underlying article, is less interesting, and less informative than Pixy Misa, but here it is. From N's blog: Vibe Coding is a Dangerous Fantasy
Last week, X exploded when a “vibe coder” announced his SaaS was under attack.
His business, built entirely with AI assistance and “zero hand-written code,” was experiencing bypassed subscriptions, maxed-out API keys, and database corruption.
His follow-up admission made this notable: “as you know, I’m not technical so this is taking me longer than usual to figure out.”
Is anyone shocked?
The Lie of Vibe Coding
Recently, I was working late on a particularly thorny code generation problem when a message from an old SF friend popped up: “Dude, have you seen this? I just launched my side project without writing a single line of code. Just vibe coding!”
He shared his screen with me — a surprisingly polished-looking SaaS product that helped small business with their career path. The UI was clean and the features worked. All built by telling Windsurf what he wanted, occasionally getting frustrated, refining his prompts, and never once understanding the underlying technology.
“That’s great,” I said, genuinely impressed. “What security measures did you implement?”
Since he had no experience in software, he had no understanding of security, and so he had no security. Pixy Misa summed it up nicely, which I have reproduced above.
This really is a case of "What you don't know, can kill your business."
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