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Title: The Software Engineers Paid To Fix Vibe Coded Messes

Link: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/1...

"Freelance developers and entire companies are making a business out of
fixing shoddy vibe coded software," writes 404 Media, interviewing one of the
"dozens of people on Fiverr... now offering services specifically catering to
people with shoddy vibe coded projects." Hamid Siddiqi, who offers to
"review, fix your vibe code" on Fiverr, told the 404 Media that "Currently, I
work with around 15-20 clients regularly, with additional one-off projects
throughout the year. ("Siddiqi said common issues he fixes in vibe coded
projects include inconsistent UI/UX design in AI-generated frontends, poorly
optimized code that impacts performance, misaligned branding elements, and
features that function but feel clunky or unintuitive," as well as work o
color schemes, animations, and layouts.) And others coders are also pursuing
the "vibe coded mess" market: Swatantra Sohni, who started
VibeCodeFixers.com, a site for people with vibe coded projects who need help
from experienced developers to fix or finish their projects, says that almost
300 experienced developers have posted their profiles to the site. He said so
far VibeCodeFixers.com has only connected between 30-40 vibe code projects
with fixers, but that he hasn't done anything to promote the service and at
the moment is focused on adding as many software developers to the platform
as possible... "Most of these vibe coders, either they are product managers
or they are sales guys, or they are small business owners, and they think
that they can build something," Sohni told me. "So for them it's more for
prototyping..." Another big issue Sohni identified is "credit burn," meaning
the money vibe coders waste on AI usage fees in the final 10-20 percent stage
of developing the app, when adding new features breaks existing features.
Sohni told me he thinks vibe coding is not going anywhere, but neither are
human developers. "I feel like the role [of human developers] would be
slightly limited, but we will still need humans to keep this AI on the
leash," he said. The article also notes that established software development
companies like Ulam Labs, now say "we clean up after vibe coding. Literally."
"Built something fast? Now it's time to make it solid," Ulam Labs pitches on
its site," suggesting that for their potential customers "the tech debt is
holding you back: no tests, shaky architecture, CI/CD is a dream, and every
change feels like defusing a bomb. That's where we come in."

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