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1. dmix · 1790123901 · focus · HN ↗

   You can spot vibecoded websites by how they include the prompt or commit-style comments into the literal interface, instead of communicating it via visual context (or simply excluding it)

   > Sort by any column; values the run could not produce always sort last. Hover a cost for how it was priced, a latency for the endpoint. Names link to each project.

   A designer would never write this, but an LLM just inserts it by making it small grey text next to the interface, just like it does with inane code comments.

   1. dogscatstrees · 1790125077 · focus · HN ↗

      It's helpful metadata, what's wrong with it? Dashboards at work do this.

      1. dmix · 1790125452 · focus · HN ↗

         It's fine in isolation to have help text for complex interfaces needing explanation. Better yet contextual hints.

         But there's about 10 other examples explaining intention of the coding rather than immediately useful information to the user, it's all over this one site in small grey text. And I guarantee you nobody is reading them carefully. Just like how nobody likes reading a 15 line LLM code comment over a simple function.

         Most of it could be better solved with more thoughtful design or deleted. The link explanation is particularly egregious.

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