Announcing my new book proposal:
đź“š Working Effectively with Vibed Code
đź“š Working Effectively with Vibed Code
Based on the timeless classic Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers.
Chapter highlights:
- “The AI wrote this at 2am and I have no idea what it does”
- Characterization Tests: When you can’t ask the original author because there wasn’t one
- Breaking Dependencies on 47 npm packages you didn’t know you needed
- The Grand Question: “Is this a feature or a hallucination?”
Key techniques covered:
- The “just accept all suggestions” debugging method
- Sprout Class: When Claude adds 6 helper classes you didn’t ask for
- Wrap Method: Wrapping vibed code in try-catch and praying
- Extract Interface: Asking “what does this even do” as a service
Who is this book for?
Anyone who inherited a codebase where the author just says “Ask Claude if you don’t understand.”
The difference between legacy code and vibed code?
Legacy code: “The person who wrote this left 5 years ago”
Vibed code: “The person who wrote this is sitting right here and has no idea either”
Thoughts? đź’
On a serious note, I think it’s prime time to revisit this book. The techniques are still very useful if you need to fix bugs in vibed code.
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