Code Room
Vibe codingMediumvc-g244
Subject Ai code reviewLevel Mid–Senior~16 minCommon in Concurrency interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

An AI wrote this React Native screen that subscribes to a native BLE event emitter and updates a heart-rate display. It runs, but the number updates wildly out of order, sometimes flickers backward, and on Android occasionally throws about updating an unmounted component. What's wrong and how would you fix it?

jsx
function HeartRate() {  const [bpm, setBpm] = useState(0);  useEffect(() => {    const emitter = new NativeEventEmitter(BleModule);    emitter.addListener('hr', (e) => {      setTimeout(() => setBpm(e.value), 0);   // "defer to be safe"    });  }, []);  return <Text>{bpm} bpm</Text>;}
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.