Look, I get it. We're all excited about AI. As the CEO of an audio AI startup and a principal SWE myself, I'm knee-deep in this stuff. I'm constantly exploring the potential of these tools. But what I'm seeing lately is just... infuriating. It's this goddamn "vibe coding" trend, and it needs to stop.

What is "vibe coding," you ask? It's when engineers rely entirely on AI to generate code, without understanding what the hell that code is actually doing. They're just throwing prompts at a chatbot, crossing their fingers, and hoping for the best. It's like trying to build a house by telling a robot to "make it look cool." You end up with a structurally unsound mess.

I'd Rather Pay a Human to Code

Seriously. I'd rather pay a competent human to write code from scratch than try to debug the Frankensteinian creations these AI tools are spitting out. At least with a human, I know they understand the underlying logic. They can explain their decisions. They can fix their mistakes.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-AI. Using AI as a coding assistant can be incredibly powerful. It can help with boilerplate code, suggest optimizations, and even catch errors. That's fantastic. But it's a tool, not a replacement for actual engineering skill.

AI Is NOT Gonna Replace SWEs

Let's be clear: AI is not going to replace software engineers anytime soon. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling snake oil. Coding is a complex, nuanced process that requires critical thinking, problem-solving, and a deep understanding of systems. These are things that AI, in its current state, simply cannot replicate.

We need to stop treating AI like a magic black box. We need to stop pretending that it can solve all our problems with a few vague prompts. We need to get back to the fundamentals of software engineering: understanding the problem, designing a solution, and writing clean, efficient code.

Do the Fkin' Work

So, here's my plea to all the engineers out there: stop with the vibe coding. Stop relying on AI to do all the heavy lifting. Learn the fundamentals. Understand the code you're writing. Do the f**kin' work.

We're building the future here. Let's build it with intelligence, not blind faith in a glorified autocomplete.