10 reasons why vibe coding is (probably) bad news for digital accessibility – Vic Kostrzewski – Learning Designer, Translator, Project Manager, Publisher.

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Media outlets see “vibe coding” – a practice where you let an AI assistant churn out code for you, after describing what you’re after – as a “trend” that is beginning to “catch on”. I see it as a potential problem, especially for digital accessibility.It’s more than just bad code. I kept thinking about it and kept finding more reasons to be worried. So, as usual, I made a list.Disclaimers: I’ve not tried vibe coding beyond some simple Python experiments. But I have tried actual coding, and digital accessibility work. The list is in no particular order.If you wish to add / edit / disagree with any of the following, please let me know – my socials are below.It’s bad code. Please understand: your current generation of AI assistants can’t “understand” the problem. They just churn out the bits that are statistically most likely to follow from one another. The examples I’ve tried didn’t solve the things I wanted them to solve. It’s bad news for anyone, not just for digita…