{"slug": "ask-hn-how-can-you-tell-a-site-app-is-vibe-coded", "title": "Ask HN: How can you tell a site/app is vibe coded?", "summary": "A Hacker News user asked the community how to identify websites and apps that were 'vibe coded' with AI, citing black backgrounds, green and orange gradients, and repetitive fonts as potential signs of AI-generated slop. The post, submitted by user gkolli, seeks tell-tale signs of AI-assisted development as more people use AI tools to build products.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n|\npast\n|\ncomments\n|\nask\n|\nshow\n|\njobs\n|\nsubmit\nlogin\nAsk HN: How can you tell a site/app is vibe coded?\n1 point\nby\ngkolli\n8 minutes ago\n|\nhide\n|\npast\n|\nfavorite\n|\ndiscuss\nWith so many people vibe coding sites and full apps, I feel like there is much more AI slop shown to the user. What are your tell-tale signs? Black background, green and orange gradients, same font, etc. Would love to learn more!\nhelp\nGuidelines\n|\nFAQ\n|\nLists\n|\nAPI\n|\nSecurity\n|\nLegal\n|\nApply to YC\n|\nContact\nSearch:", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-can-you-tell-a-site-app-is-vibe-coded", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290499", "published_at": "2026-08-13 19:02:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-13 19:13:26.704641+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Hacker News", "gkolli"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-can-you-tell-a-site-app-is-vibe-coded", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-can-you-tell-a-site-app-is-vibe-coded.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-can-you-tell-a-site-app-is-vibe-coded.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-can-you-tell-a-site-app-is-vibe-coded.jsonld"}}