Vibe-Coding Works — Until Structural Debt Compounds at Scale

Short summary

AI-assisted coding delivers rapid productivity but creates structural debt through loss of global coherence and mental model ownership. Teams track output velocity while missing quality erosion that compounds after 90 days. Framework: architect before prompting, review for coherence, rotate ownership, test boundaries pessimistically.

• •Initial productivity surge masks structural debt accumulation across modules
• •Teams optimize generation velocity without scaling architectural discipline and code review
• •Framework required: architect first, review for coherence, rotate ownership, pessimistic testing

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