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The waterfall trap is back
Vibe coding creates the appearance of iteration while often denying its substance. Generating new features is trivial, yet the moment feedback demands a fundamental change—a different data model, a shift in architecture, a new user journey—the linearity of the workflow asserts itself. Rewrites become more appealing than true adaptation. This is the essence of velocity without learning. Products evolve through accumulation rather than insight, and technical debt accrues invisibly until it becomes unavoidable.