Move irresponsibly and break things

With vibe-coding it has become easier than ever to move fast. “No mistakes” might as well be engraved into every AGENTS.md file. This issue is that it doesn’t help. I would be hypocritical if I said it is useless or that I don’t use it myself. But with these posts my aim is not to bash the technology, but to make people aware of the trade offs. For instance, just recently I made a completely functional piece of software in about 6 hours without looking at the code. Two caveats: During those 6 hours I had to give extensive feedback and I had to tell the agent what to do. Because otherwise the UX of the product is terrible. During those 6 hours it had wiped stage database at least once and rebooted the container at least once. This in a more serious project could be fatal. So I would be wary of the advice of the influencers on the internet. These agents are a great tool. But the my must be looked after very closely. Moving fast and breaking things was never a good advice. It is even…