That isn't new, though. Managers often pushed unrealistic timelines and showed lack of care about tech debt well before vibe coding, just the timelines where different, and the magnitude will be bigger this time. But we also have LLMs to help it clean it up faster, I guess.
replyThe question is, is it a job you actually still want once the poo pile reaches critical mass you are the only one with a shovel and the deadline is "yesterday"
replyThat is absolutely true. Unfortunately, this ship has sailed and we are not closing Pandora's box anymore. We'll have to adapt.
replyBut we still hold good cards in hand.
Do they want their pile of steaming slop fixed, or not? Because no amount of complaints about the deadline being "yesterday" are going to change anything about the fact that time will be needed to fix the accrued technical debt, whether they like it or not.. And if AI dug you in that deep to start with, the solution is not to dig deeper.
I suspect some companies are going to find that out the hard (costly) way.