the fact this thing has apparently been happening for a week or more is weird. It’s like front end web dev 101 type stuff and the fix is quite simple a junior should be able to take care of it. So I’m leaning towards it was an AI “assisted” bug and none of the vibe coders know how to fix it OR what’s more concerning to me is they no longer have any qualified front end devs on staff to fix it. you can literally fix this thing via your browsers dev tools right now if you wanted to.
but yeah if you start looking at the youtube front end you’ll quickly see it’s all pretty much vibe coded now. Another clear as day tell on that is the subscribed shorts section. it’s been broken for months and the fix is easy, they just don’t know how to do it.
the fact this thing has apparently been happening for a week or more is weird. It’s like front end web dev 101 type stuff and the fix is quite simple a junior should be able to take care of it. So I’m leaning towards it was an AI “assisted” bug and none of the vibe coders know how to fix it OR what’s more concerning to me is they no longer have any qualified front end devs on staff to fix it. you can literally fix this thing via your browsers dev tools right now if you wanted to.
but yeah if you start looking at the youtube front end you’ll quickly see it’s all pretty much vibe coded now. Another clear as day tell on that is the subscribed shorts section. it’s been broken for months and the fix is easy, they just don’t know how to do it.