What's the Point of Vibe Coding If I Still Have to Pay a Dev to Fix It?
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Developer questions the effectiveness of vibe coding due to remaining need for paid developer fixes.
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But for someone like me who is adept at coding but not actually interested in it, it’s amazing. I get what I want with minimal effort and periodically (more rare than most imagine) I have to look at the code and either fix it or prompt it to be fixed.
That’s the real vibe coding in 2025.