Hidden Dangers of Vibe Coding
What is Vibe Coding? And are there any problems with this popular new coding style?
Article by Brennan Pappakostas on Apr 3, 2025
What is Vibe Coding
With the emergence of new technologies and tools involving AI, the barriers to entry for software and development have lowered for all internet users. Initially, the experience needed to create new products and software required a lot of expertise, but with the introduction of new language models, coding has become more accessible than ever before.
A new technique for creating software has been dubbed Vibe Coding. The process of Vibe Coding consists of creating code with various different AI sources. A coder will not need the same level of experience before they start developing whatever prototype or product that they might come up with. Vibe Coding is less of a strict framework and more of a creative style of coding. This allows individuals to work with various benefits. These include:
- Shortening planning processes and allowing for rapid prototyping
- Favoring a real-time problem and solution style of process
- Testing different iterations of software with greater efficiency and speed
Problems with Vibe Coding
The world of software engineering has become entirely different with the emergence of techniques like this. Coding has become exponentially faster, where now the product is more reworked and edited rather than built from the ground up. In many cases, this can be hard to work with when debugging is a huge part of the coding process, and Vibe Coding causes software engineers to be less familiar with the code they are using.
We've compiled a list of incidents, specifically relating to the Chatbot Development industry:
Chatbot Component Fails When Updated Too Quickly
Incident: On April 8, 2024, a developer reported an issue on GitHub regarding the Gradio Chatbot component. The chatbot would produce errors and display strange outputs when its content was updated too quickly. [1] This demonstrates how easily code can fail when under asynchronous or even autonomous workflow.
Spaghetti Code in Chatbot Project
Spaghetti Code is a term used to describe code with a lack of clear structure, sequence or any organization and structure.
Incident: In March 2023, a developer raised concerns about the complexity and lack of documentation in the Chatbot UI project on GitHub. The codebase was described as difficult to understand, with classes and functions that were not clearly explained. [2]
Logical Errors in Chatbot Responses
Incident: In January 2025, a company implemented a chatbot using AI-generated code to automate responses to customer queries. Users soon reported nonsensical and contextually incorrect answers, damaging the company's reputation. [3]
Looking at these new developments, ask yourselves this: How will this accessible coding culture affect newer software and how will it affect new AI in the future? In many cases, code will have various uncaught bugs and problems with the chat interface. To catch these problems easier and to keep the work supplied by AI in check, bot testing software is the future for software development. AI companies like Bottest.AI have more utility than ever before.