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Bend 2 and the Vibe-Coding Trap

327 points · 235 comments · LiamPowell

  1. golol · · focus · HN ↗
    I find this to be a mean and misguided post. To suggest that Victor Taelin does not know about formal methods. As I understand, he is trying to do something genuinely new and interesting. And he is transparent about his work, which he then gets hounded for. A shame.
    1. dimgl · · focus · HN ↗
      Why is it mean? The author is above critique?
      1. suby · · focus · HN ↗
        I found the post offputting because he is insinuating a few things about the author which are clearly untrue (eg, unfamiliar with the formal verification landscape) and he's using this untrue speculation as evidence of the dangers of vibe coding. Even the edit where he says swap it out with a hypothetical person who fits the description - it's still leaving in the untrue claims about the author.

        It doesn't seem unreasonable to think it mean if I were to make up speculative negative assumptions about you which undermined something you've been working hard on for a long period of time.

        I know nothing about the author, I'm just watching this whole spectacle unfold.

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