Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor
July 23, 2025 at 11:31 a.m. PT
Recently, vibe coding bit Jason Lemkin, trusted advisor to SaaStr, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business community, in the worst possible way. The vibe program, Replit, he said, went “rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deleted our entire database.”
In a word: Wow. Just wow.
You can hire an actual programmer for that kind of money. Someone with years of experience who knows what they are doing.
They could also hire me and get the same quality work as the AI. 😌
You can hire a couple for that money.
Easily. AI is a sham