Software Quality Degradation

Fears that consumer software is already bad and vibe coding will accelerate the badness, questions about whether determinism and stability are still valued

Commenters express a profound sense of dread regarding the current state of software engineering, fearing that consumer products are already in decline and will only deteriorate further under the influence of AI-driven "vibe coding." They argue that instead of simplifying technology, these tools entrench past mistakes and sacrifice foundational values like determinism and stability for a cycle of endless, buggy overproduction. This shift is viewed as a reckless fad that prioritizes reckless speed over dependability, leading many to anticipate an inevitable industry "hangover" marked by broken systems and regressive updates.

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I was hoping this stuff would lead to a world with less software over time not more of it

part of me feels like the current crop of tools does nothing but reinforce and entrench past mistakes

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Sounds like "madness" (or better, fun) but - if this work all converged into "something", wouldn't the product/system improve so much, that in a matter of days, really nothing would be left to do..?

Most likely, tens of other bugs are being introduced at each step, etc etc, right?

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Even if you do exit, all the software around you will steadily get worse and worse. Software engineering is already really bad, especially for consumer products, and all this vibe agent crud is only going to accelerate the badness.

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Someone here has lost the plot and at this point I wonder if it is me. Is software supposed to be deterministic anymore? Are incremental steps expected to be upgrades and not regressions? Is stability of behavior and dependability desirable? Should we culturally reward striving to get more done with less.

...no, I haven't lost the plot. I'm seeing another fad of the intoxicated parting with their money bending a useful tool into a golden hammer of a caricature. I dread seeing the eventual wreckage and self-realization from the inevitable hangover.

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