Imagine that you are about to join a startup (before raising funds) as a part-time employee. You are paid for work (compensation is like in any existing, well-established company in the industry, but you do not have regular employee benefits covering 401 plan, no equity, no health care plan, HO equipment fee, etc.)
You hope that after raising funds, you will become a full-time employee and receive benefits.
The shift toward "Vibe Coding" feels like we ve finally moved from being construction workers to being conductors. We are spending less time fighting syntax and more time sculpting the "intent" of our software.
However, as I ve been leaning into this AI-native workflow, I ve noticed a recurring tension that I d love to get the community s take on:
1. The "Black Box" Debt: When we "vibe" our way through a feature in 20 minutes that used to take 4 hours, are we unknowingly inheriting technical debt that will haunt us when the "vibe" inevitably breaks?
