For open-source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing

AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier ...
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Vibe coding may be hazardous to open source

Tailwind Labs CEO Adam Wathan recently blamed AI for forcing him to lay off three workers.… Tailwind Labs oversees the development of the open source Tailwind CSS framework. And according to Wathan, ...
ZDNet

I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy ...
ZDNet

I tried to save $1,200 by vibe coding for free - and quickly regretted it

Free local AI is promising, but wasted time costs more than subscriptions. Random, unexplained edits made the code worse each iteration. Without screenshots, fixing Xcode errors became a slog. Well, ...
Gizmodo

Even the Inventor of ‘Vibe Coding’ Says Vibe Coding Can’t Cut It

OpenAI CEO founding member Andrej Karpathy speaks to an audience with his arms open © Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle (Getty Images) It’s been over a ...
InfoWorld

How to vibe code for free, or almost free

Thanks to new subscription plans and Chinese open-weight models, developers can have high-quality code generation on the cheap. Here are your best options. Many developers haven’t yet crossed over to ...
VentureBeat

Qwen3-Coder-Next offers vibe coders a powerful open source, ultra-sparse model with 10x higher throughput for repo tasks

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's Qwen team of AI researchers has emerged in the last year as one of the global leaders of open source AI development, releasing a host of powerful large language ...
GeekWire

‘Wildly productive weekend’: Former Amazon exec’s vibe coding post sparks debate over viral AI tools

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Jan 20, 2026 at 3:43 ...
Ars Technica

Even Linus Torvalds is trying his hand at vibe coding (but just a little)

Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds’ latest project contains code that was “basically written by vibe coding,” but you shouldn’t read that to mean that Torvalds is embracing that approach for ...
Gizmodo

Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Is Sort of Okay With Vibe Coding, Actually

"Vibe coding may be a horrible, horrible idea from a maintenance standpoint, if you actually tried to make a product," Torvalds said. Reading time 2 minutes Vibe-coding, the AI-assisted form of ...
Forbes

Developers Use AI Coding Tools To Get Started, Not Finish The Job

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Developers don’t trust AI. A recent report from UC San Diego and Cornell titled ...