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title: "Renovating a vibe-coded app: the code was readable, the reasoning was gone"
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published_at: "2026-09-08T15:45:08.000Z"
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summary: "In the first week of a renovation job I found a function whose name said it cleaned up duplicate citizenship records. I could read it end to end."
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# Renovating a vibe\-coded app: the code was readable, the reasoning was gone

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/9284ca4d?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-09-08T15:45:08.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** reasoning, coding

## Summary

In the first week of a renovation job I found a function whose name said it cleaned up duplicate citizenship records\. I could read it end to end\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.habchy.dev/writing/renovating-a-vibe-coded-app>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49612015>)