𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁?

𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁?

You use an LLM to start a project. First iterations feel like magic. Features land fast. The demo looks great.

Then you hit iteration 25. Things get weird. A change in auth breaks payments. A new function conflicts with old naming. Tests pass because the logic is wrong.

LLMs solve one prompt at a time. They lack a mental model of your architecture. They duplicate functions. They ignore your past decisions.

This is a speed versus structure problem. AI lets you build tech debt fast. You write a thousand lines a day. The system becomes impossible to maintain.

Treat AI code like a new contractor.

• Review code in context.
• Document your architecture.
• Run complexity checks on every commit.
• Catch structural rot early.

Productive teams know generation is easy. Integration is the real work.

How do you keep your codebase healthy?

Source: https://dev.to/dimitrisk_cyclopt/vibe-coding-gets-you-the-prototype-then-what-55jd