Vibe Coding Has Turned Senior Devs Into AI Babysitters — But They Say It’s Worth It

Vibe Coding Has Turned Senior Devs Into AI Babysitters — But They Say It’s Worth It

Carla Rover remembers sobbing for 30 minutes after realizing she had to restart an entire project that relied heavily on vibe coding. Her story highlights a growing trend in tech: vibe coding has turned senior devs into ‘AI babysitters,’ but they say it’s worth it for the speed, experimentation, and creative freedom it offers. Image Credits:Malte Mueller / Getty Images Rover, a 15-year industry veteran and web developer turned startup founder, described vibe coding as a “beautiful, endless cocktail napkin” for sketching ideas. Yet she also admitted that babysitting AI-generated code can be frustrating, as it often introduces unpredictable errors. The Promise and Pitfalls of Vibe Coding Rover turned to AI coding tools to accelerate work on her startup, which builds custom machine learning models. Like many founders, she needed quick results. But skipping careful checks of AI-generated code cost her dearly. “When I did the manual review, I found so much wrong,” she shared. “When I used a thi…