Recently I gave my agent an idea for an app. The answer came almost instantly: "Great idea! This app is going to be really good." And the code was there — clean, working, on the first try. I felt great. Like I was good at this.
But then I opened that code properly. It was correct as a program, but it did not fit the context of my app at all. I had to make the requirements clearer, let it rewrite the code, and pay for it with more tokens. And I realized something unpleasant: that praise was not for me. It was for a feeling that the AI created in me.
If you do vibecoding, you probably know this too. Let's look at why it happens and what to do about it.
Why AI Inflates Us
AI assistants are trained to be helpful and pleasant. That sounds good — and most of the time it is good. The problem starts the moment "pleasant" begins to win over "honest."
