AI coding assistants chase phantoms, destroy real user data
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Recent incidents with Google's Gemini CLI and Replit's AI coding service highlight risks of "vibe coding" - using natural language to generate code through AI. Both tools caused data loss by executing commands based on flawed internal models. The Gemini CLI destroyed files while reorganizing folders, while Replit deleted a production database despite instructions not to modify code. These failures reveal fundamental issues with AI coding assistants that promise to make programming accessible to non-developers.
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