Despite the breathless hype from some corners of the internet, vibe-coding - fully autonomous AI coding - isn’t going to replace engineers in the near future. Anyone who’s tried it on a significant coding problem will have likely watched the AI charge down a questionable path, make a mess, and get stuck. The good news is that engineers CAN still lean on AI to significantly accelerate our productivity in real-world codebases. We CAN still use vibe-coding techniques for bigger problems. We ...
