"An ever-growing drive towards exploiting gambling instincts is being employed by AI coding agents and the companies developing them. The addictive nature of low-effort to high-output environment of LLM interfaces is being actively monetized, and incentives are once again stacked against you."

I decided to write about my experiences and observations about one of the less-discussed aspects of vibe coding: Its direct relationship to gambling, and how it's being marketed to inflate the AI hype cycle to the MOON!

I tried to be a little bit inflammatory, but please consider it seriously. Our relationship with AI agents is going to be an increasingly important one as they grow smarter. It's up to us to keep our instincts in check, and stay cool.

P.S. I would like to get in touch with people who think about this subject, are addicted to vibe coding and want to quit, and would like to provide more information/resources to substantiate this discussion, and expose the parties exploiting these addiction systems in the context of vibe coding.

Totally agree.

The gamification of AI tooling is real.

At Betgrate we're building a real-time sports data platform focused on transparency over addiction loops. Tools should empower, not exploit.