When Your Vibe Coding Tool Becomes a Code Hoarder
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I've known for a while that vibe coding tools have a knack for cluttering codebases with duplicate files. That's exactly why I kept a close eye on my latest session with Cursor paired with Claude-3.7-sonnet. But even with my vigilance, these AI tools still managed to surprise me—by completely ignoring my explicit instructions to clean up duplicates. Instead of tidying my repository, they left a handful of scripts scattered across directories like forgotten party favors.
"Hey, could you clean up those duplicate files?" I prompted clearly, expecting thoroughness. What I got instead was a comical, frustrating hunt through leftover scripts, turning a routine cleanup into an unexpected treasure hunt.