Thread by @alex_prompter

Your vibe coded app is a ticking time bomb.

UC San Diego studied how pros actually use AI coding tools.

They don't vibe. They control.

Meanwhile: mass produced code nobody can debug, maintain, or explain.

@verdent_ai built the fix. Here's what the research shows:

The data is brutal:

→ Developers using AI are 19% SLOWER (while thinking they're faster)
→ Stack Overflow 2025: AI trust crashed from 43% to 33%
→ Pros NEVER let AI handle more than 5-6 steps before validating

The ones getting results aren't prompting and praying.

They're planning first.

Here's the trap everyone falls into:

"build me a login system"

AI: sure! *generates 400 lines*

You: looks right!

6 weeks later: API keys exposed, auth bypassed, database chaos.

The AI wasn't wrong.

YOU were wrong for never defining what "login" actually meant.

The shift happening right now:

Old way: prompt → code → pray

New way: clarify → align on plan → THEN build

Verdent's Plan Mode does something different.

Instead of generating code, it asks the questions you forgot to ask yourself.

Turns fuzzy ideas into specs before one line gets written.

You say "i want user login"

Verdent asks:

→ Which methods? email, OAuth, phone?
→ Forgot password flow needed?
→ Two-factor auth?
→ Compliance requirements?

Then orchestrates MULTIPLE AI models to brainstorm in parallel.

Like senior engineers debating approaches before you pick a path.

The feature that made me stop and rethink everything:

Same prompt → different plans by role

→ Frontend dev? Component structure, state management
→ QA engineer? Test cases, edge conditions
→ PM? User stories, dependencies

Then auto generates flowcharts and architecture diagrams.

You SEE the system before building it.

This is what AI coding should have been from day one:

Not a code generator.

A thinking partner that aligns BEFORE it builds.

But the real win? Zero hours wasted building the wrong thing.

Stop vibing. Start planning 👇

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