Comment by dimal

Have you seen the tests that LLMs write if you just vibe code it and don't pay attention? They're generally worse than worthless. They test pointless stuff and they miss important stuff. If you have them on a tight leash, then you can get some useful tests, but then that's not vibe coding.

> But watch out, because sometimes the LLMs try to delete tests that are hard to pass. If vibe-coding means reading no code, not even the tests, then, yeah, you're gonna have a bad time. But if it means "only reading the tests and not reading the application code," then vibe coding works pretty well, actually.

Yeah, vibe coding means plowing forward with whatever the LLM does without understanding it. That's the definition. If you're using your brain, you're not vibe coding.