Code Room
Vibe codingHardvc-g253
Subject Ai code reviewLevel Senior–Staff~19 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

An AI wrote this Swift Combine subscription to update a balance label from a shared publisher. It works, but after the user navigates away from and back to this screen several times, you notice old screens still receiving updates, and the network layer reports duplicate in-flight requests multiplying. What's wrong and how would you fix it?

swift
final class BalanceVC: UIViewController {    override func viewDidLoad() {        super.viewDidLoad()        AppState.shared.balancePublisher            .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)            .sink { value in                self.label.text = "$\(value)"            }    }}
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.