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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 36 points 2 days ago (4 children)

They said it can write code. They never said it can fix code or debug issues.

That's like saying you can drive, bit can't navigate or park.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 10 points 2 days ago

Ironically cars can park and navigate, but not drive.

I think the largest failure is bad architecture, or that is the inability to understand architecture at all. After your vibe coded project gets larger than a prototype and you "zoom out" to try and grasp what is going on, is when you see how bad it is.

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I have met people that dont know how to navigate with Google maps and its painful to be a passenger with them.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Driving with a nav system is a part of the driver license test here.

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where is "here"? Because it doesnt seen to be a thing in the US

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 points 2 days ago

Netherlands, Belgium and UK.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

That guy picked me up as a rideshare driver once. He was late.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Given the potential damage from it, it's more like saying it can drive while not being quite sure which one is the brake pedal.

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had to give this a really good think because I can't remember the last time I've seen a car with a manual transmission so I was fully like

What do you mean? The brake is the left most pedal?

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I drove a truck with four pedals in high school. Leftmost was the parking brake.

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

Oh yeah... actually I forgot about that configuration too. With or without a clutch