I think the vibecoding tag has gotten out of hand
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Anyone thinking to post here should also read https://lobste.rs/s/qgy6ak/can_we_stop_tagging_every_thing_as , which dedicates 135 comments to the same request for discussion, 2 months ago.
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The tag was applied by the submitter, then removed by user suggestions, according to the moderation log. Once user suggestions modify a post, no further modifications can be suggested without moderator intervention. Someone suggested that maybe a "trigger warning" type of tag (or "content warning") similar to the media type tags would be a better…
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This is valuable context but I think it risks acting as a soft dismissal of current / ongoing grievances (not to say that this is your intention, I think you’re just being helpful). The point is that this is a continual issue for some (such as myself), not something that is addressed by visiting the thread.
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> The tag was applied by the submitter, Moreover, the submitter is the author of the post, so talking about a "black mark" is really not adequate.
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Personally, I greatly dislike the fact that the community uses the tag of vibecoding to mean “any programming with an llm”. To me, vibecoding has a very clear colloquial meaning of “coding *only* with an llm, often where the author barely knows how to code, or they know how to code but they’re putting in 0% human effort”. Ie, vibecoding implies “I…
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The thing is that re-litigating the issue constantly is not going to help, either. Take it from someone for whom vibecoding on lobste.rs has been an big issue for much more than two months ;-)
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I've had similar feelings during the past few weeks, where `[vibecoding]` is applied to submissions that discuss `[ai]`, even if they are not necessarily making use of it, nor are in the category _"churning out code with help from their favorite LLM"_. For me the expectation when I see `[vibecoding]` rarely match what I actually read on the other…
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You're getting pushback because you opened with a broad statement supported by one example, which turned out to be the very opposite of what you claimed. The submitter included the tag, and the community suggested its removal. If you go through the modlog, you can see which stories have had the tag suggested and applied. That's step 1. Step 2 is…
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The title is overly dramatic. Paging through [/t/vibecoding](https://lobste.rs/t/vibecoding) to see what's been getting tagged in the past few weeks I don't see too many (or any?) false positives. If anything vibecoding seems to be one of the more carefully curated tags since many people are sensitive to it.
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Agreed, LLM-generated articles should be deleted on sight and projects consisting of primarily LLM-generated code should be deleted on sight. There shouldn't be a tag, just utter rejection of slop.