Comment by otabdeveloper4
5 days ago
> Vibe coding is ultimately about getting ideas shipped faster.
Studies show that using LLMs for coding results in negative net productivity gains on average.
5 days ago
> Vibe coding is ultimately about getting ideas shipped faster.
Studies show that using LLMs for coding results in negative net productivity gains on average.
There have been a few studies that show that in certain circumstances this is the case. But doing a literature review will illustrate the bulk support the alternative hypothesis.
Ultimately, whatever the hype factor there is a large number of clever people putting their time and money into it for a reason.
I would read that study thoroughly.
It had a very specific caveat of "within existing codebases that the engineer was intimately familiar with."
In all other instances, it was not slower