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Why we picked it The sharpest statement of the tradeoff at the heart of your question: code you do not understand is technical debt the instant you have to maintain it, which is fine for throwaways and dangerous for anything real. Krouse argues for keeping AI on a tight leash and learning continuously rather than delegating blindly. Short, memorable, and exactly the caution a founder needs before going too far.
Vibe code is legacy code
From Val Town Blog by Steve Krouse
- Vibe coding is perfect for prototypes because you throw them away
- The moment you must maintain it, unread code becomes legacy code
- Keep the AI on a tight leash and keep learning, do not just delegate
