In the past, devs got stuck in tutorial hell. Never shipping, just watching without actual learning. Now they’re “vibing” with AI, generating code like it’s magic.
Only it’s not.
The code doesn’t work. Or it works once. Or it breaks in weird, unexplainable ways. They have no clue why. They don’t understand what they’ve built. They can’t fix it. Can’t extend it. Can’t even onboard others to it.
This is vibe coding hell.
It feels productive. It looks impressive. It demos well. But it’s an illusion.
AI doesn’t fix this. It amplifies it.
If you’re great, AI makes you better.
If you’re shaky, it makes the shakiness faster and louder.
We used to think AI would make coding accessible to everyone. But in reality, it’s making the gap wider. Great devs ship 10x faster. Struggling devs get exposed quicker.
And that means a huge shift is coming to how developers learn, grow, and define competence. The next generation of developers needs a new kind of foundation. One that’s system-level, conceptual, and resilient to abstraction.
Big change is coming.
So yeah, I think vibe coding hell is real.
Have you seen it? Been there? Escaped it?

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AI-powered code generation is creating a new problem called 'vibe coding hell' where developers generate code they don't understand, leading to unmaintainable systems. While AI accelerates skilled developers, it exposes the weaknesses of struggling ones, widening the skill gap. This shift demands a new approach to developer education focused on system-level thinking and conceptual understanding rather than just syntax.

Vibe coding hell is the new tutorial hell 💀

Try vibe coding with Test driven development (TDD) flow.

Yeah. I also believe vibecoding is a hell for real.
I never bought a single subscription of any AI platform.

Exactly my thoughts as well. I have over 10 years of experience as a developer.
Trying to create a project in a language I currently do not know - Golang. AI is amazing to help me learn it. But when the time for code generation comes it just do not work. I know what I want, how I want it, how to test it. And it keeps on failing.
So I’ve decided that I will instead start learning the language itself with the help of AI instead of just letting it create code.

Vibe coding hell is real. Folks moved from tutorial hell to just generating AI code they don’t understand. It looks cool, feels productive,but the moment it breaks, they’re lost.
I can totally relate with this
AI doesn’t fix weak foundations,it exposes them. If you’re solid, it helps. If not, it just makes the mess louder.
Big shift is coming. Depth will matter more than ever.

Vibe coding is hell - AI assisted development with context engineering is bliss