AICodingHorrors
AICodingHorrors is a collection of real stories about AI-coding disasters like sky-high bills, leaked secrets, and broken apps.
Vibe coding feels great until you get attacked
My vibe-coded app got hit by a DDOS-style attack yesterday.- Hundreds of fake influencer profiles submitted .- Each triggered a submission email.As a ..
Vibe Coding
Burnt $63/hr but worth it?
Cursor + Claude Opus 4 burnt this user $63 in just an hour. It solved problems in 30 mins that they couldn’t crack in 40-50 hours with other mode..
Code Editor
AI went straight for rm -rf ~/
Claude really went ballistic with rm -rf ~/ everything. Link: https://x.com/johnlindquist/status/1926302544038338674..
Total refactor in one call but useless
A user refactored their entire codebase in one call.25 tool invocations. 3,000+ new lines. 12 brand new files.It modularized everything. Broke up..
Prompt
A prompt that cost $9.39
Someone asked Claude 4 Opus MAX in Cursor to build a simple website. It performed great, but cost 234.7 Cursor requests out of 500.They claim one..
whine went wrong
Twitter/X user built an app with AI and told people not to whine. Then this happened. Link:https://x.com/leojr94_/status/1901560276488511759..
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