--- title: Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled --... description: A critical reflection on the trajectory of AI-assisted coding, arguing that developers inevitably slide from careful AI-assisted review toward full vibe coding... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/faulty-towers-vibe-sickness-and-the-vibe-bobsled----dustycloud-brainstorms-w8k6q4ctx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled -- Dustycloud Brainstorms | daily.dev og:description: A critical reflection on the trajectory of AI-assisted coding, arguing that developers inevitably slide from careful AI-assisted review toward full vibe coding... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/faulty-towers-vibe-sickness-and-the-vibe-bobsled----dustycloud-brainstorms-w8k6q4ctx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/w8K6q4ctx.png og:image:alt: Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled -- Dustycloud Brainstorms og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled -- Dustycloud Brainstorms **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A critical reflection on the trajectory of AI-assisted coding, arguing that developers inevitably slide from careful AI-assisted review toward full vibe coding through what the author calls the 'vibe bobsled' — a gravity-driven process where speed incentives erode human oversight at every step. Drawing on Simon Willison's own public shift in stance over just one year, and Ka-Ping Yee's dissertation showing expert programmers failing to find bugs in 100-line programs, the author argues there is no realistic hope for humans to review LLM output volume. The piece also coins 'vibe sickness' to describe the broader societal malaise from AI-generated slop permeating everyday life, open source projects, and professional workflows — and notes that opting out is nearly impossible. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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