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Vibe Coding2026-03-20 · source-backed
Ben Swerdlow's framework (120 points, 49 comments on HN) separates code into "semantic functions" — pure, minimal, highly testable — and "pragmatic functions" that wrap them for real-world workflows. The central claim: "The only thing that sloppifies a codebase faster than 1 coding agent is a swarm of them." Identified degradation patterns: semantic functions silently accumulating side effects, data models accumulating optional fields until incoherent, and function names diverging from behavior. All accelerated by AI code generation.
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