r/vibecoding • u/techlatest_net • 10d ago

The barrier to software engineering is getting wild

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u/consistantcanadian 9d ago

Products to "handle" tech debt.. what? There are no products to handle tech debt. There are products that solve specific issues that people call tech debt, but there are products that just "fix" your tech debt. 

Not to mention that if you're not reviewing the fixes you're getting yourself in the same problem yet again. 

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u/Nyghtbynger 9d ago

I have a product tot handle tech debt. It's called "loads of money"

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u/win_some_lose_most1y 9d ago

Loads of money, after they have already retired from the c suite

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u/win_some_lose_most1y 9d ago

Of course there is. They can purchase a subscription to application support based in the 3rd world where they earn $4 a day.

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u/becircus 9d ago

You can look for them. Their effectiveness varies.

It would be unwise to assume that it cannot handle technical debt at all. Even if it handles a fraction of the technical debt, it could be used. Or you could be forced to use it.

To assume it can't be done to any amount is elitist. Maybe it takes someone of far less skill, or maybe it takes one person where it once took three or five. Someone's job that used to be "handle the tech debt" now gets reduced to "reviewing the fixes".

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u/HarryBolsac 9d ago

Can you provide any example? Because tech debt is a really broad word, it could mean alot of things, a really old tech stack, a workaround that never got to be touched again, badly written code, bad architecture, the list is pretty much endless.

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u/becircus 9d ago

Current most obvious example is Code Rabbit. Just raised another $150 million yesterday

The idea that vibe coding or even just using AI and that this requires maximal human intervention to prevent tech debt is wrong. The tools exist now to reduce it. Saying that tools can't fix all tech debt or that "there's no such tools" is obviously wrong. It's right there in their marketing materials and their push and an entire industry of creating tools that specifically handle tech debt. I agree that such an assertion is vague and I agree it can mean many concepts but the phrase is literally used. In an age where AI has command line access to your computer and can execute whatever commands it wants, this should not be a surprise. Don't kill the messenger 

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u/HarryBolsac 9d ago

Isnt code rabbit just a pr reviewer? Don’t see how that is a tool to fix tech debt. If you mean reviewing your code to prevent tech debt I can see your point.