The Rise of the AI Code Fixer

A New IT Role for a New Era

Vittorio Margherita

Published Sep 17, 2025

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While browsing the internet, I came across a new professional figure: the "VibeCode Cleanup Specialist". This represents truly a sign of our times, born directly from the rise of artificial intelligence.

What is a "Vibe Coder"? A professional from a non-IT background who uses AI programming agents to write code without traditional programming experience.

This is what happens: a professional from a non-IT background, the ones we call "vibe coder," starts writing complex code using an AI programming agent (lovable, Cursor, Claude code etc). They build and build, and everything seems magical. But then, they hit a wall. Trust me, sooner or later, they always hit a wall. The product they've built fails to pass the most basic performance or security tests, or it becomes so convoluted that it's impossible to manage.

The Reality Check: AI-generated code often fails performance tests, security audits, or becomes unmaintainable as projects grow in complexity.

This is where our new professional figure comes into play. It's a classic IT expert, but now they are called upon to remedy and fix what a purely AI-driven process could not complete. Often, this involves the complete rewrite of entire sections of the codebase. In these scenarios, AI can still be a powerful assistant, but only when applied to limited contexts and acting on specific parts of the code under expert supervision.

Common Problems with AI-Generated Code

What kind of problems cause a "vibe coder's" project to grind to a halt? Here are some of the most common examples:

  • The AI agent created five different functions that all do the same thing.
  • It generated duplicated CSS across ten different files.
  • It wrote generic, unhelpful comments like // Function to handle data.
  • It created redundant components with confusingly similar names.
  • The project is sluggish and slow, despite its simple nature.

The Cascade of Frustrating Problems

This inevitably leads to a cascade of frustrating problems for the creator:

  • "I can't find where to modify this feature."
  • "Every time I change one thing, something else breaks."
  • "The website has become slow for no apparent reason."
  • "I have 50 CSS files and no idea which one is actually needed."
  • "The AI installed 200 dependencies to perform a simple task."

The Evolution of Development

So, just when some believed that the developer's job was becoming obsolete, a new approach is born. A new branch of IT emerges, further enriching the level of abstraction that AI has brought to our work.

Industry Evolution: The AI Code Fixer represents a new specialization in software development, bridging the gap between AI-generated code and production-ready applications.
The developer is not gone; they have evolved.

Original Article

This article was originally published on LinkedIn. You can read the full version and engage with the community discussion at:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rise-ai-code-fixer-new-role-era-vittorio-margherita-wec8f/