Bram Cohen critiques the 'vibe coding' trend where developers rely excessively on AI without examining underlying code, arguing it leads to poor software quality. He points to Anthropic's leaked Claude code as an example of avoidable duplication and disorganization caused by this approach. The article emphasizes that human oversight remains essential even when using AI-assisted development tools.
Background
Dogfooding refers to the practice of using one's own products internally, which generally improves quality but can be taken to extremes. Recent leaks of AI assistant codebases have revealed surprising structural issues in production systems.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Apr 7, 2026 at 05:36 PM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10