# He vibe-coded for three months. Then he deleted everything.

- slug: he-vibe-coded-for-three-months-then-he-deleted-everything
- date: 2026-04-06
- category: Artificial Intelligence

A Google engineer tried building SQLite devtools with AI, got a working prototype, and discovered the architecture was unsalvageable. The story of what happened next is the clearest accounting I have seen of what AI does to design decisions.

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