Vibe coding is irresponsibly building software through dice rolls, not caring what code is produced
What about when engineers at the top of their game use AI tools responsibly to accelerate their work?
I propose "vibe engineering"! (with my tongue only partially in my cheek)
We need to acknowledge that working effectively with AI programming tools is HARD - they're unintuitive, full of traps and can churn out huge volumes of bad code if you let them
But they can also greatly amplify your existing programming expertise if you know how to wield them
It turns out techniques used by top software engineering teams help accelerate coding agents as well:
Version control, documentation, careful planning, automated tests, linters, strong code review culture, thorough QA
