# Vibe engineering

<https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/vibe-engineering/>

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## What Jamie wrote

As a practice matures the language matures too… 

> I feel like **vibe coding** is [pretty well established now](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/) as covering the fast, loose and irresponsible way of building software with AI--entirely prompt-driven, and with no attention paid to how the code actually works. This leaves us with a terminology gap: what should we call the other end of the spectrum, where seasoned professionals accelerate their work with LLMs while staying proudly and confidently accountable for the software they produce?
> 
> I propose we call this **vibe engineering**, with my tongue only partially in my cheek.

Willison is on the tip-of-the-spear with this tech and working with it everyday. To me he is starting to define what the post-agent environment will really look like for a future engineering team that is fully embracing AI practices.

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