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The Vergecast · Monday, June 29, 2026

Vibe coding faces enterprise crisis as tools generate 'stuff that amounts to nothing'

The practice of 'vibe coding' is presenting an enterprise-level challenge, with many companies generating numerous outputs that ultimately prove useless. This trend raises concerns about token usage and the return on investment for AI initiatives.

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This is I mean, this is like increasingly supported by the data, by the way, right? That like you look out into the vibe coding world and everybody is building tons of stuff that amounts to nothing.
David Pierce
And this is becoming like an enterprise crisis because everybody's like, we're using all these tokens for nothing. What is the point of any of this money that we're spending?
David Pierce
So you've encountered the same problem that every Fortune 500 company is having in spades right now.
David Pierce
Heard on The Vergecast — “Our vibe coded projects that actually work, published Monday, June 29, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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