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KARPATHY'S ‘VIBE CODING' MOVEMENT CONSIDERED HARMFUL

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Andrej Karpathy's "vibe coding" advocates relying on AI tools without fully understanding the generated code. However, this approach leads to technical debt, security vulnerabilities, and a loss of intellectual ownership over systems. It's better to have a balanced approach of using AI assistance while maintaining engineering quality through architectural vision, focused code generation, thorough review, and comprehensive testing.