First, Replit lied. Then it confessed to the lie. Then it deleted the company's entire database. Will vibe-coding AI ever be ready for serious commercial use by nonprogrammers?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33720279

Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor
July 23, 2025 at 11:31 a.m. PT

Recently, vibe coding bit Jason Lemkin, trusted advisor to SaaStr, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business community, in the worst possible way. The vibe program, Replit, he said, went “rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deleted our entire database.”

In a word: Wow. Just wow.

  • unexpected@forum.guncadindex.comEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    While I’ve been soundly on the “AI is a waste of time for anything that needs to be correct” train since day one, I am having a hard time believing this story.

    Granted, I am not a professional programmer. So maybe there is a reason that this project database isn’t being backed up? Much less… how did the AI get access?

    This sounds like creative fiction.

  • Horse {they/them}@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    this story sounds like complete horse shit
    either it’s entirely creative fiction or he’s a complete fucking idiot who gave admin credentials to a glorified autocorrect while not backing up data or using version control

  • Mikina
    3·
    2 months ago

    Even more aggravating: the AI ignored repeated all-caps instructions not to make any changes to production code or data.

    Lol.