Vibe coding teaches nothing but empty calories: to become a competent programmer you have to program, and if it can be vibe-coded, you are not a programmer.

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• Vibe coding is not programming, and the line between them is whether you look at the implementation at all. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson26 Aug 2026similar wording
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• The agentic age needs a new operating system: if you can vibe-code any application, you should be able to vibe-code the operating system, and only Linux allows that. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson26 Aug 2026similar wording
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• Letting non-programmers vibe-code features into a large existing product destroys its architecture, even when every individual change looks defensible. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson26 Aug 2026similar wording
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• AI-assisted ('vibe') coding has made it so easy to build competing SaaS apps that a plain, unremarkable SaaS product can no longer easily attract signups. PLPieter Levels1 Sept 2026similar wording
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• Programmers who loved the mechanical act of coding are under threat; those who wanted to build things are not. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson26 Aug 2026similar wording
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