vibe debt

[ vahyb det ]noun

Shortcuts and mess piling up as fast as a machine can type.

Explanation

Ships in an afternoon, charges interest for a year. Ordinary shortcuts get taken by a person who knew they were cutting a corner. This kind gets taken by nobody in particular.

Related words

• AI slop — Machine-made output that is long, generic, and worth very little.
• demo cliff — The moment a prototype that demoed beautifully turns out to be impossible to build on.

Prompts that deal with it

• The Titan Audit — Grade your app against 28 giants
• Dependency Interrogation — Every add-on answers three questions