How is the vibe coding mode such a bad experience compared to just using the normal 3.0 preview?

I'm actually shocked how bad it is. It offers you almost no settings and debugging is an absolute nightmare. It can create really nice UI mockups and I like the version controll they added. But except that it's an absolute pain to work with.

  • It will not answer in your native language. Not a big deal but still… why?
  • It won't have a normal conversation with you and it won't t ask any questions when it's unsure. It will just instantly write tons of useless code.
  • You have to beg it so it adds debugging to anything even after 5 rounds of failed attempts to get things up and running.
  • It will repeat the same coding mistakes over and over again wasting time and tokens.
  • After fixing bugs manually and writing a detailed report from my side it will not remember this at all and screw up my code next chance it gets.
  • No internet access so you will have to feed it with Infos all the time (so you waste more time googling or using a second llm with internet access).
  • Will often ignore or forget my requests. After only a few messages error rates get so bad that I have to reset the chat.
  • Fails du update project files, writes code in the chat every few messages. (This kind of problem can easily be fixed with a simple correction loop)
  • Will aggressively use Google products any chance it gets even if it makes no sense at all.

Even with all these flaws it can still generate decent little tools but I just don't get why they don't invest 10 more minutes to make it actually good.

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