As non‑coders use AI to ship prototypes, a cottage industry is forming to stabilize and finish these 'vibe‑coded' apps. Freelancers and firms now market services to fix clunky AI frontends, shaky architecture, and tech debt, warning of 'credit burn' from chasing features that break existing code. This suggests AI lowers the barrier to start, but raises demand for human maintainers to make software production‑ready.
— It reframes AI productivity claims by surfacing hidden costs and a new division of labor where humans police and repair AI‑generated software.
msmash
2025.10.14
68% relevant
The article’s claim that AI 'weaponized existing incompetence' and compounded fragile abstraction layers aligns with the need for senior engineers to clean up low‑quality, auto‑generated or framework‑bloated code that looks finished but isn’t production‑ready.
BeauHD
2025.09.15
92% relevant
TechCrunch reports a new corporate role ('vibe code cleanup specialist') and cites a Fastly survey finding 95% of developers spend extra time fixing AI‑generated code, with seniors bearing the burden—direct evidence that a cleanup market and workflow niche is emerging around AI‑written code.
EditorDavid
2025.09.13
100% relevant
Hamid Siddiqi’s Fiverr offering (15–20 regular clients), VibeCodeFixers.com’s 300 developers and 30–40 matches, and Ulam Labs’ pitch to 'clean up after vibe coding.'