I Built with AI Coding Agents. The Hype Is Dangerous.

Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon

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AI coding agents promise easy development but deliver chaos. Three brutal lessons from building with Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT that shatter the hype.
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Vibe coding with AI agents isn't the shortcut it promises. Version mismatches trap you in loops, hidden architectural decisions create technical debt, and debugging AI-generated code requires translation skills most don't have. AI amplifies engineering discipline—it doesn't replace it.