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The Five Commandments of Vibe Coding

This LinkedIn post from Dr. Alberto Chierici, summarizing the experience of Josh Anderson of the Meta-Cast Podcast, writing code exclusively with AI for three months, absolutely nails it.

Here are the rules you need to follow when using AI assistance to generate code:

  • Own the architecture

  • Make the hard decisions

  • Maintain the context

  • Understand the ‘why’

  • Take responsibility when it breaks

Go read his writeup and Josh's first-hand account at the link above.

How many of these are you following?

UPDATE: Read the follow-up on the 10+ Commandments of Agentic Coding.

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