Vibe engineering

As a practice matures the language matures too…

I feel like vibe coding is pretty well established now 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.