Ask HN: What is poor quality vibe code that adds to technical debt called?

#1

Post by yranadive » Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 3:49 AM UTC

I see junior engineers blindly accepting LLM suggested code and adding to technical debt. What is the widely used term used in the vernacular for this?

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#2

Post by boltzmann-brain » Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 4:10 AM UTC

slopcode

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#3

Post by appreciatorBus » Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 4:19 AM UTC

We could just call it vibe code?

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#4

Post by MrVandemar » Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 4:57 AM UTC

“Stupid” about covers it.

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#5

Post by ungreased0675 » Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 5:14 AM UTC

AI slop is a term I’ve seen in a few places.

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#6

Post by GianFabien » Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 6:36 AM UTC

boltzmann-brain wrote: post #2

slopcode

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#7

Post by GianFabien » Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 12:10 AM UTC

Slopware

In the begining we had hardware and software. Then came firmware, the code in read-only/mostly memory.