Code Room
Vibe codingMediumvc-g099
Subject Ai code reviewLevel Mid–Senior~14 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

An AI assistant generated this TypeScript serializer for a payments API response. The API consumer (a mobile app) starts showing wrong amounts and dropped metadata after a release, but only for some transactions.

ts
function serializeTxn(t: Txn) {  return {    id: t.id,    amount: Number(t.amountMinor) / 100,    currency: t.currency,    createdAt: t.createdAt.toISOString(),    tags: t.tags ?? [],  };}

What correctness problems would you flag before this ships, given amounts can be large and `amountMinor` is a 64-bit integer string?

What a strong answer looks like

Treat the AI’s output as a draft to verify, not an answer to trust. Name the specific flaw and the input that triggers it, say how you’d catch it — tests, edge cases, reading critically — and how you’d re-prompt or decompose to get it right.

Describe your solution

Vibe coding: describe the solution in plain language (or narrate it) and the coach grades your approach. Generating runnable code from your description is coming next.

Run or narrate your approach, then ask the coach.